ORIOAL AND STATISTICAL 

EEPOET 



PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF CANADA, 



IN CONNECTION WITH 



THE CHUKCH OF SCOTLAND, 



FOB THE YEAR 1866. 



SECOND EDITION. 



PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SYNOD. 



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PRINTED BY JOHN LOYELL, ST. NICHOLAS STUEET 

1868. 



A 

HISTORICAL AND STATISTICAL 

REPORT 

OP THE 

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OE CANADA, 

IN CONNECTION WITH 

THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND, 

FOR THE YEAR 1866. 



SECOND EDITION. 



PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE SYNOD. 



PRINTED BY JOHN LOVELL, ST. NICHOLAS STREET, 

1868. 



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To Messrs. Thomas Paton, William Darling, James Johnston,. 
Alexander Buntin, John Rankin, James S. Hunter, John L. 
Morris, and George Stephen, the Committee appointed by the 
Synod, at Ottawa, in 1865, to manage the Schemes of the Church ; 
to the Reverends Dr. Mathieson, Dr. Jenkins, and Andrew 
Paton, who were associated with them ; and to the memory of the late 
Mr. J ohn Greenshields, who was the Convener of the Committee, this 
Report is respectfully dedicated. 



Exchange 
Western Ont. Univ. Library 

DEC 2 9 1941 



PREFATORY NOTICE. 
This Second Edition embraces, more or less fully, all the corrigenda et 
addenda with which the Author has been supplied during the three 
months that the Report has been before the public. It is gratifying to 
be able to state, that the alterations made are neither numerous nor 
such as to vitiate, in any important particular, the general accuracy of 
the first edition. 

It is worthy of remark that the sum of $3,265.75, given on page 144 
as the total amount of contributions to the Home Mission Fund for 
1866, refers only to the Synodical Home Mission. In addition to this 
each Presbytery supports a local Home Mission. That of Toronto ex- 
pends annually about $1000 within its bounds. In the Presbytery of 
Montreal the sum of $642 was thus expended last year ; and in that of 
Glengary about $450. At the least $3000 is annually contributed for 
Presbyteries' Home Missions, and to this should properly be added the 
sum of $1,651, styled "additional," under the heading of "salary" 
(page 122), and which is fully explained at the foot of page 143. These,, 
added to the sum first mentioned, give an aggregate of $7,906 as the 
ordinary annual contributions of the Church from all sources for Home 
Mission purposes. 

The omission of full particulars regarding the " Indian Orphanage 
Scheme and Juvenile Mission" is acknowledged with regret. This most 
interesting scheme was commenced in 1856, at the instance of Mr. John 
Paton of Kingston ; and its success has been very marked and cheering. 
Its operations are carried on chiefly through the instrumentality of the 
Scottish Ladies' Association for Female Education in India, and towards 
its support the Churches in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick have ex- 
tended their hearty co-operation. There was contributed to this Mis- 
sion, chiefly through the Sabbath Schools of the Church, the sum of 
$854 for the year ending 1st June, 1867 • the number of Indian orphan, 
children clothed, supported, and educated by our young friends at that 
date being 34 ; while means have been provided and application made 
for the appropriation of five others. 

On page 128, the number of Ministers in charges is stated to be 107 
on page 129, calculations regarding stipend assume the number of Minis- 
ters to be 108, including two assistant Ministers. The seeming dis- 
crepancy is accounted for by the fact of the Minister of Goderich having 
resigned early in 1866, and, as no salary is stated in the tables to have 
been promised him by the people for thut year, in the calculation refer- 
ence to his name was dropped. 

A clerical error occurs in the addition of the column " Total Salary 
promised," in the Presbytery of Montreal : in the case of St. Gabriel 



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PREFATORY NOTICE. 



congregation, Mr. Campbell having been inducted in December, 1866, 
the salary promised to him should not have been included in the calcula- 
tions made on page 129 ; hence the alteration now made, that ££ the 
average salary promised to each minister, from all sources, was $750, 
instead of $738, as stated in the first instance." 

The name of the Kev. John B. Mowat, unaccountably omitted in the 
list of Professors of Queen's College — page 159 — will be found in its 
proper place in this edition. 

By the suspension of the Commercial Bank, which occurred in Octo- 
ber last, the investments of our Church and College have been seriously 
affected. By the recent amalgamation of the Commercial with the Mer- 
chants' Bank of Montreal, the actual loss is ascertained to be two-thirds 
of the original investments. The Church has thus lost $84,366, and 
the College, $21,332. An appeal made to the Church at large by the 
Temporalities' Board, to provide for at least the first year's deficit of 
revenue, has been cheerfully responded to, the sum of about $8,500 
having been received for this purpose. 

The announcement by the Government of Ontario of their intention 
to withdraw the annual grant of $5,000 hitherto enjoyed by Queen's 
College is fraught with grave consequences to the future of thatlnstitution. 

" The Presbyterian," a monthly Magazine and Journal of Missionary 
intelligence published by the Lay Association of Montreal, has now en- 
tered on its twenty-first year. This periodical has been the means of 
circulating a large amount of information regarding the Christian Church 
in all parts of the world. The prudence and ability with which it has 
been conducted have earned for it a high rank in Canadian literature 
and have placed the Members of our own Church under lasting obligation 
to those disinterested friends who at different times have been connected 
with its management. Many of them are now beyond the reach of our 
thanks, but these honoured names are held in gratefulr emembrance. 

A publication so useful and interesting — so well fitted to advance the 
interests — so indispensable, indeed, to the progress and prosperity of the 
Church, ought to have a wide circulation. It should be read in every 
family. 

I feel very thankful that this humble attempt to illustrate the rise and 
progress of the Church of Scotland in Canada has met with a reception 
more favourable than I had dared to anticipate, and my best acknow 
ledgments are hereby tendered to the kind friends who have shewn their 
appreciation of the importance of the work by furnishing corrections, 
and thus adding to its value as a trustworthy record of the past history 
■of the Church. J. C. 

1st April, 1868. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



This Report will be found to contain historical facts of interest, and it 
embraces statistical returns, more or less complete, from every Congrega- 
tion of the Church. It had been easy to produce a more flattering and 
highly coloured statement, but this would not have advanced the end con- 
templated — the welfare of the Church. I have been careful to exaggerate 
nothing, "nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice;" my single 
aim has been to render what follows thoroughly reliable. Notwithstanding 
what is advanced in respect of inadequate support to ministers and 
missions — this is deplored in all Churches — on the whole, we have reason to 
H thank God and take courage." Our Church occupies an honoured posi- 
tion among the Churches of Canada, and has a large number of warmly 
attached adherents, who are able and willing to do all that may reasonably 
be asked of them if the proper means are employed to enlist their prac 
tical sympathies. 

For the information herewith submitted I am mainly indebted to the 
Ministers and Office-bearers of the Church. I thank them, every one, 
as well for their great personal kindness as for their willing co-operation 
with me. Dr. Mathieson laid me under special obligations by placing at 
my disposal valuable manuscripts, and supplying details that could not 
have been otherwise obtained. Mr. Dobie gave me the benefit of his exper- 
ience as Convener of the Committee on Statistics. The Professors of 
Queen's College kindly supplied all the information given about that Insti- 
tution, and Mr. McKerras, Synod Clerk, besides assisting in other ways, 
furnished me with the histories in M. S., bearing date 1833, of most of 
the Congregations then existing, of which I am only sorry that the limited 
space at my disposal prevented me from making more copious extracts. 
I thank the Very Reverend Principal Snodgrass, for his great patience in 
carefully revising these pages for the Press, for his corrections and reproofs, 
and for access to the well-filled shelves of the Library of Queen's College. 
The following works may be mentioned as possessing a historical interest 
in connection with the Church : Letters, by the Rev. William Bell, and by 
his son, the Rev. Andrew Bell, published. in 1824; The Canadian Maga- 
zine, in 4 volumes, 1823-25; the Canadian Review, 2 vols., 1824-25 ; The 
Canadian Miscellany, the first periodical published in the interests of the 
Church of Scotland in Canada, and of which only six numbers appeared 
in 1828, the copy in the library being the only one I have seen ; the 
Christian Examiner and Presbyterian Review, 4 vols., 1837-40, which 
was conducted by the late Dr. McGill, then of Niagara ; A Retrospect of 
36 years' Missionary Labour, by J. Carruthers, 1861. Each of these 
supplied its quota of material. The printed Minutes of Synod, from 1831 



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to the present time ; A Digest of the Minutes of Synod of the Canada 
Presbyterian Church, by the Rev. Alexander F. Kemp, together with the 
Minutes of the United Synod of Upper Canada from 1831 until their 
union with us in 1840, have all been carefully examined, as well as the 
20 volumes of the Presbyterian, commencing with 1848. In addition to 
these sources of information, the older records of all the Presby- 
teries have been examined and placed under contribution. While every 
precaution that seemed possible was taken to ensure correctness of detail, 
it is more than likely that some slight inaccuracies may have crept in. 
The writer will esteem it a kindness if parties observing such will furnish 
him with the corrections for a second edition, which is sure to be required. 

To avoid repetition, figures in brackets have been introduced which 
indicate the numbers of the Congregations in connection with which addi- 
tional particulars are to be obtained. The Alphabetical List at the close, 
supplies, so far as is known to the writer, the names of all who have been 
Ministers of the Church during the last 100 years; their nationality; 
the dates of ordination ; the charges in which they officiated, and the 
Universities at which they were educated. If additional names or dates 
occur to any reader I hope to be informed of them. 

It is regretted that from want of full information, the Churches in the 
Maritime Provinces are not included in this Report ; it is intended, how- 
ever, to publish some account of them in separate form hereafter. 

It only remains for me here to express my devout acknowledgments, 
to a kind Providence that permitted not the slightest accident to befall me 
in all my journeyings. 

But for one event I should look back upon the time spent in this 
work with unmingled pleasure. That event was the death of him who, 
I may say it without disrespect to any other, was at once the originator 
and the principal promoter of a plan for furthering the interests of the 
Church of which he had long been a useful, active, and consistent mem- 
ber, and at the same time a most liberal supporter. He, who of all others 
was most sanguine as to the results of the Agency, only saw the work 
begun. I shall never forget the date of my visit to Ottawa, for there 
this heart-rending telegram reached me, " Montreal, 23rd March, 
1867, Mr. Greenshields died this morning." 

The necessity for re- writing the whole of the historical portion of the 
Report, added to the time required for authenticating the statements 
contained in it, has delayed its publication until now. 

JAMES CROIL. 

Morrisbtjrg, Ont., 1st December, 1867. 



CHUECH AGENT'S EEPOET, 



FOR THE YEAR 1866. 



In the month of February, 1865, your Committee saw fit to offer 
me the appointment of Agent for the Schemes of the Church, and, 
in March following, I commenced a personal visitation of each Con- 
gregation. The nature and extent of the work preclude the possi- 
bility of entering into minute details ; besides, having already, in the 
pages of" the Presbyterian," gone over, though in a very hurried 
and imperfect manner, a considerable portion of the field, it seems 
unnecessary to burden this Report with topographical description and 
incident of travel. Though thus shorn of what might have proved 
in some degree interesting or amusing, it is hoped that the plain 
facts submitted may not be without a present value, and furnish as 
well memoir e$ pour servir for the future historian. The Statistical 
Tables annexed, and the brief historical sketch given of each Con- 
gregation, may, for our present purpose, sufficiently illustrate the 
progress and position of the Church. 

Our Congregations, 126 in number, are scattered over a distance, 
from East to West, of, in round numbers, 700 miles. The actual 
distance travelled in reaching them has been close upon 12,000 miles. 
That this should have been traversed in little more than a year, 
without inconvenience or bodily fatigue worth mentioning, is in itself 
a significant fact and speaks well for the means of communication 
in our new country. That it was done at an expense so small as 
scarcely to be entitled nominal is due very much to the liberality 
of the Grand Trunk Railway authorities, who, during the whole 
time, provided me with a free pass over all their lines of Railway 
in Canada, and also to the kindness of friends everywhere who pro- 
vided transport from place to place as occasion demanded. 

It may be proper to state the plan and purpose of these visits, 



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which, though slightly varied according to circumstances, were es- 
sentially the same in all. Each minister, previous to my coming, 
was requested to call a meeting of his Congregation, and the mana- 
gers were asked to furnish a statement of their receipts and' dis- 
bursements, for all purposes, for the then past year. Latterly, prin- 
ted Schedules were made use of and with good effect. Commend- 
ing and encouraging where there appeared even the smallest room 
for doing so, pointing out in a friendly way apparently defective 
management, and, receiving from some, hints likely to be of service to 
others, I placed before each Congregation the present position and 
requirements of the Church at large — explained the nature and ob- 
ject of its various Schemes, the urgent need of more liberal support 
— suggesting, as the best mode of attaining this end, thorough or- 
ganization and systematic management. It gives me pleasure to 
state that in every quarter I was well received. I must not, how- 
ever, leave your Committee under the impression that your Agent 
drew crowded audiences. The meetings were, for the most part, 
thinly attended. In this, perhaps, I may have been considered in 
some places rather fastidious, yet, in view of the object to be ac- 
complished, and the improbability of a like effort being soon repeated, 
my regrets must be acknowledged to have been reasonable. I be- 
lieve that in every case the Ministers used their influence to secure 
a full attendance, but they will bear me out in the remark that in 
this they failed, and from this cause much of our labour has been 
lost. In 35 instances I addressed Congregations on the Sabbath. 
When time permitted I visited as many families as possible, and 
conversed with elders and managers. In a few cases each house- 
hold, in Congregations numbering from 70 to 80 families, was visited : 
the results, however, were so entirely satisfactory as to make amends 
for time spent and personal inconvenience incurred. Where the 
Minister's salary was found to be either inadequate or irregularly 
paid, my chief efforts were turned in that direction. 

Grouped into Presbyteries, the Congregations will be noticed sep- 
arately, in the order of visitation. The number prefixed to each 
corresponds with those of the statistical table, to which reference 9 
in all cases, is invited in order fully to understand the condition of 
each Congregation. 



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I. PRESBYTERY OF NIAGARA. 

This is in point of numbers the smallest Presbytery in the Church, 
having within its bounds only 163 families. There are but four 
Ministers on its roll and it is with difficulty that they secure a quo- 
rum for the transaction of business. It has no Mission stations, nor 
means of instituting such. It was formerly a part of the Hamilton 
Presbytery and was constituted in 1863. 

1. Dundas. 

The town of this name is beautifully situated at the head of the 
Bay of Burlington, five miles from Hamilton. It has a population 
of 5000, and is noted for its manufactures. In the year 1825? 
the Rev. George Sheed, a licentiate from Aberdeen, came as tutor 
to the family of the Hon. James Crooks, and at the request of the 
people, officiated regularly every other Sabbath, in a free Church 
then recently opened, during the first twelve months of his residence 
among them. Having returned to Scotland, he received ordination 
in the spring of 1827, and was soon after inducted as the Minister 
of Ancaster and Flamboro, over which he continued to be pastor till 
his death in 1832. The Rev. Mark Y. Stark, a graduate of 
Glasgow University, was appointed in 1833. It is said that Dr. 
Candlish had been designated to this charge, and that, having 
meantime accepted an appointment in Edinburgh, Mr. Stark came 
in his stead, at the instance of the Glasgow Colonial Society. Mr. 
Stark left the Church in 1844, and died at Dundas, in January, 
1866. He was greatly respected. The Rev. Andrew Bell, became 
Minister of Dundas and Ancaster in 1847. He was translated to 
L'Orignal in 1852, and died there (see 119) in 1856. Mr. Ken- 
neth McLennan was ordained and inducted in 1853. He removed 
to Paisley in 1857, and is now Minister of Whitby (45). The 
Rev. James Herald, the present incumbent, and who came to Ca- 
nada as a Missionary from the Colonial Committee in 1857, was in- 
ducted to Dundas in June, 1858. 

The property consists of a small stone Church, and a good brick 
manse, with two acres of land. There is a preaching station at 
Flamboro West, five miles distant. At Ancaster, formerly in con- 



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nection with the charge, there is a good Church, in which, however, 
there has not been regular service for some years. 

2. Niagara. 

The town of Niagara, formerly Newark, and once the seat of 
government for Upper Canada, has a population of 2000. It has 
been declining for some years past : consequently, our Congrega- 
tion has not increased of late, but rather diminished. 

The Session Records date from 1st October, 1794, at which time 
the Rev. John Dunn was Minister. He is believed to have been 
a licentiate of the Presbytery of Glasgow, and officiated to a Pres- 
byterian Congregation in Albany for some time. After preaching 
two years at Stamford and Niagara, he abruptly relinquished his 
pastoral duties, confessing, it is said, that he could no longer preach 
doctrines which he himself did not believe. He entered into bus- 
iness, and lived for some years in Niagara as a merchant. While 
in pursuit of traffic, in the year 1803, the vessel in which he sailed 
(the " Speedy," carrying 10 guns) foundered in Lake Ontario, 
and all on board perished. 

The Rev. John Young, formerly of Montreal (see 80), succeeded 
Mr. Dunn, in 1802, but did not remain long. In 1801, Govern- 
ment made a grant to the Congregation of a block of four acres in 
the town, upon which a frame Church was built, seated for 300, at 
an expense of<£625. About this time the Rev. John Burns, a 
Minister of the Scotch Secession Church came from the State of 
New York, and was engaged to preach every third Sabbath at Nia- 
gara. He continued to do so until the war broke out in 1812, 
when the whole town was laid in ashes by the Americans. On the 
return of peace, in 1815, Mr. Burns resumed his Ministerial duties 
teaching at the same time the District School. He died in 1824. 
His successor, Mr Thomas Creen, from the North of Ireland, min- 
istered for a few months with considerable popularity, but was soon 
induced to accept of ordination from the Bishop of Quebec, and to 
exchange the small and very uncertain income which the Presby- 
terian Congregation could afford, for the £200 sterling a year 
granted to each Episcopal Missionary by the Society for promoting 
Christian knowledge. In course of time he became Rector of Ni- 



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agara, and held that position till his death, which took place a few 
years ago. After Mr. Creen, a Mr. Johnston, also from Ireland, 
officiated at Niagara for a short time. In 1827, the Rev. Thomas 
Eraser, formerly of the Relief Church, Dalkeith, Scotland, was 
placed over the charge. At the end of one year he left and con- 
nected himself with the Dutch Reformed Church in the States. 
Subsequently, he became the Minister of Lanark, C. W. (101). 
The Rev. Robert McGill from Ayrshire followed in 1829, and 
remained until 1845 when he was called to Montreal to fill the 
charge of St. Paul's, then vacant by the death of Dr. Black. 
During his Ministry, in 1831, the present Church was erected. 
He also built the manse. In 1838 he received a call to a Con- 
gregation in Glasgow, which, however, he declined. He died in 
Montreal, in 1856, (82). The Rev. John Cruickshank, formerly 
of Brockville, and now the parish minister of Turriff, in Banffshire, 
accepted a call to the charge in 1846 and held it till 11th April 
1849. In 1850, Mr. John B. Mowat was ordained and inducted. 
He remained until 1857 when he was appointed to the chair of 
Oriental Languages and Biblical Criticism in Queen's College. 
The Rev. Charles Campbell, the present Minister, was inducted 
in 1858. The Church is of brick — a large substantial edifice. 
The manse, which is also of brick, is an excellent building and was 
purchased from Dr. McGill, with a legacy of $3000 left to the 
Congregation by the late John Young, in his life time a merchant 
in Niagara. 

3. Clifton. 

This charge dates from 1857, in which year the Rev. George 
Bell, formerly of Simcoe, was inducted. The village of Clifton, 
about two miles below the Falls of Niagara, is the terminus of the 
Great Western Railroad. The Congregation, being chiefly com- 
posed of employes of the Company, is necessarily fluctuating. Though 
not large, it is well organized. The Church, a handsome structure 
of brick, was built in 1856, when hopes were entertained of a large 
increase to the population. A large amount of debt, about $4,500, 
incurred in its erection, and which has since had a depressing effect 
on the Congregation, has now been liquidated through the self- 



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denying liberality of the people themselves added to the generosity 
of many friends in Canada, and a donation from the Colonial Com- 
mittee of £200 stg. There is neither glebe nor manse. Adjoining 
the Church, however, a tasteful residence has been erected by the 
Minister, which, it is hoped, the Congregation may be in a position 
to purchase before long. 

4. Saltfleet and Binbrooke. 

The Rev. George Cheyne was ordained by the Presbytery of 
Strathbogie in 1831 " to the office of the Ministry in the British 
Provinces of N. America, wherever Providence may order his lot." 
He settled at Amherstburgh where he remained a number of years, 
and became the Minister of Saltfleet and Binbrooke in September, 
1843. In the following year he left the Church, and is now the 
Canada Presbyterian Minister of the place. Mr. Wm. Johnson was 
ordained and inducted in 1852. He removed to L'Orignal in 
1857; and thence to Arnprior, and Lindsay (36). The Rev. 
Hugh Niven, from Scotland, was inducted in 1857. 

There is a small frame church at Saltfleet, a poor manse and 
five acres of good land. At Binbrooke, ten miles distant, there is 
also a Church. For further details, vide the Statistical Table. 

II. PRESBYTERY OF HAMILTON. 

This Presbytery held its first meeting, by appointment of Synod, 
on the first Monday of October, 1836. Up to 1861 it included 
in its jurisdiction the whole of the Province west of the City 
of Hamilton, as well as the Peninsula lying to the east of it. In 
this, there are now four Presbyteries, viz., Hamilton, Niagara, 
Guelph and London. Like the first Presbytery noticed, it is too 
small. There is not, there cannot be, inducement to begin, nor en- 
couragement to carry on, those Missionary enterprises, which, for 
some time to come, must be a distinguishing feature of an active 
and useful Presbytery in Canada. 

5. Hamilton. 

The City of Hamilton has a population of about 25,000. Though 
several efforts have been made to establish a second Congregation, 



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at present there is but one in connection with the Church of Scot- 
land, The Rev. Alexander Gale, from Aberdeen, and formerly of 
Lachine (72), was the first who ofiiciated statedly here. He was 
inducted in November 1833, and preached in the Court House until 
the first Church was erected. It was thrice enlarged. In January, 
1845, the Rev. Alexander McKid, formerly of Bytown, became 
Minister of the charge. In 1848 he was translated to Goderich, 
(15). The Rev. Daniel McNee, a native of Perthshire, succeeded in 
1850, and demitted the charge in 1853. In October of that year 
was inducted the Rev. Robert Burnet, who is still Minister. The pre- 
sent St. Andrew's Church was opened for worship in 1857. It cost 
$56,000. There is still a debt remaining on it of about $30,000. It is 
the finest Ecclesiastical edifice in connection with the Church in the 
Western Province. There is an excellent manse. The heavy debt 
with which the property is burdened has been much against the in- 
terests and the prosperity of the Congregation. 

6. Nelson and Waterdown. 

The two Congregations which constitute this charge are about 
five miles apart, that at Waterdown being five miles from Hamilton. 
The surrounding country is well settled and well cultivated. The 
scenery is picturesque, and the charge, though somewhat scattered 
and by no means large, is yet, in many respects, a desirable one. 
The Rev. William King, a licentiate of the Synod of Ulster, and 
who came to Canada from Pennsylvania, in 1822, organized a Con- 
gregation at Nelson soon after his arrival. He commenced to preach 
at Waterdown in 1830, and continued his ministrations in both 
places until 1852, when declining health compelled him to demit 
the charge. He was connected with the United Synod of Upper 
Canada, and, along with seventeen others of that Synod, was 
received into the Church in 1840. He was much respected. He 
died on the 13th of March, 1859, in the 69th year of his age. The 
Rev. George MacDonnell, now of Fergus (25), succeeded Mr. King, 
in 1852. Dr. Skinner was the next minister. Originally pastor 
of the Secession Church at Partick, Scotland, he emigrated to Lex- 
ington, Virginia, where he ofiiciated for 13 years ; thence he 
removed to London, C. W., and became Minister of Nelson and 



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Waterdown in 1855. He died, minister of this charge, 24th 
March, 1864, of erysipelas — aet. 60. He was esteemed an able 
and eloquent preacher. The Rev. Adam Spenser, was inducted 
in January, 1866, but, at the Meeting of Synod following, the ap- 
pointment having been ruled to be irregular, it was cancelled. 
Since then Mr. Henry Edmison has been harmoniously settled* 
There is a good frame Church at Waterdown, a comfortable manse, 
and five acres of glebe. A new brick Church is in course of erec- 
tion at Nelson. 

7. Hornby and Trafalgar. 

The Rev. Samuel Porter was first settled at Trafalgar as a 
Minister of the United Synod of Upper Canada ; although re- 
ceived in 1840, we do not find his name on the Synod's roll until 
1846, as Minister of Clarke and Hope (47). The Rev. 
William Barr, now of Wawanosh, was appointed in 1847, and re- 
mained till 1859. The Rev. William Stewart, the present Minister, 
was inducted to the charge of Milton, Hornby and Trafalgar in 
1861. In January, Milton was separated from the other two, and, 
since that time the Church there has been vacant. It had since 1832 
been united with Esquesing under the Ministry of the Rev. Peter 
Ferguson, who retired, from age and infirmity, in 1857, and is 
since deceased. There is a good Church at Milton : at Hornby 
and Trafalgar, there are also comfortable Churches. There is a 
manse and five acres of glebe at Hornby. 

8. SlMCOE. 

The town of Simcoe, in the county of Norfolk, has a population 
of 2000. Here there is an excellent brick Church and manse. 
The Congregation, however, is small. Stated services are conduc- 
ted at Lyndoch, Vittoria, and Wyndham, respectively, 11, 7, and 
10 miles from head quarters. After Jabez Culver, a missionary who 
came to this part of the country with the U. E. Loyalists, the Rev. 
John Bryning, of Mount Pleasant, was the first to officiate in Sim- 
coe, about the year 1820. Travelling over a wide extent of coun- 
try, and preaching wherever he went, he was faithful and indefati- 
gable in the work of the Ministry. He died at Mount Pleasant, 
September, 15th, 1853, aged 84. The Rev. Thomas Scott, now 



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of Plantagenet, was ordained and inducted as Minister of Simcoe 
and Vittoria, in June, 1844. He remained but a short time. After 
him came one John Dyer, a singular man — a sailor and popular 
orator — a great preacher, who drew crowded audiences from far 
and near, and built a number of good Churches. He received 
license from the Presbytery of Hamilton in September, 1846, but it 
was withdrawn in April following. Like a meteor, he shone for a 
little while, and, meteor-like, he disappeared. No man knoweth of 
his sepulchre unto this day. The Rev. George Bell was inducted 
in 1848, and remained till January, 1857, when he was translated to 
Clifton. The Rev. Martin W. Livingstone, the present Minister, 
formerly of the U. P. Church at Musselburgh, in Scotland, was 
inducted in May, 1858. 

9. Brantford. 

The town of this name occupies a fine site on the left bank of the 
Grand River — a noble stream. The population is between eight and 
nine thousand. From small materials we have been endeavouring 
during a number of years to build up a Congregation. It is hard to 
make bricks without straw ! Mr. Whyte, now of Arthur, officiated 
here for some time as a Missionary. After him, the Rev. David 
Stott, from New Brunswick, was appointed, first as a Missionary, 
afterwards, as Minister of the charge, and receiving his support 
from the Colonial Committee. He succeeded in building a small 
church — a very small church — too small even for his own small con- 
gregation, and which was soon afterwards sold to a congregation of 
Negroes, who never paid for it, and never will. The Episcopalians 
of Brantford having built a new church, their old one was offered 
for sale ; Mr. Stott, or his Congregation, bought it for $500. But 
the conditions of sale required that it should be removed to another 
site ; the building being large, that cost a deal of money, and long- 
time, to do it. So long indeed was the poor old Church a-being 
dragged through the streets, that, for some weeks, a proverb was 
rife in Brantford that the Presbyterians were bringing "the Church" 
to every man's door ! Removing, refitting, repairing, interest upon 
all, converted the original $500 into as many pounds— the present 
measure of their indebtedness. The Rev. John S. Burnet,a Missionary 



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from the Colonial Committee, and now assistant minister of Corn- 
wall, succeeded Mr. Stott : three years more he laboured and 
laboured faithfully, but the prospect of establishing a Congregation 
is still remote. A lot of two acres of land within the town limits, 
a gift from Mr. Tekarihogea, alias Captain John Brant, belongs 
to the Congregation, but at present it is unsaleable. 

III. PRESBYTERY OF LONDON. 

This Presbytery, formed out of that of Hamilton, was constituted for 
the first time on the 3rd of July, 1856. Having met the Presbytery 
in session, I afterwards visited within its bounds thirteen Congre- 
gations and several mission stations. These, being mostly near 
lines of Railway, are easy of access. 

10. London. 

This City has a population of 12,000. Of these, the census of 
1861 gave to Presbyterians 1552, and to the Church of Scotland, 
736. The city is well planned, substantially built, is a centre of 
considerable business, and surrounded by a fertile and beautiful 
agricultural country. From small beginnings the Congregation has 
made considerable progress. In 1842, three acres of land were 
granted by government for the use of a Presbyterian Congregation. 
The Free Church being first organized, applied for a deed, and 
having obtained it, settled a minister in 1851. Meanwhile, occa- 
sional services were given by the Presbytery to our few remaining 
adherents. In October, 1853, the Rev. Dr. Skinner accepted a call 
from them and was inducted. An attempt made at this time to 
recover the Church property ended in our having to pay the 
costs in Chancery. Dr. Skinner resigned in 1855 and became 
Minister of Nelson and Waterdown. The Rev. Francis Nicol, 
formerly of Newfoundland, succeeded him in 1859, and is now the 
Minister. The Congregation, numbering at the time of Mr. 
Nicol's arrival about 40 families, then worshipped in the Mechanic's 
Hall. There was neither Church nor site. Government was 
again applied to and a valuable piece of ground granted. On this 
a very fine edifice, octagonal in outward form, was built in 1860 ; 



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it cost — minus the spire— $10,000. The debt incurred at the time 
of building is now reduced to about $3000, and systematic efforts 
are being made to cancel it. On the whole, prospects are bright- 
ening. 

11. Glencoe. 

This is a newly organized Congregation, 30 miles west from 
London, on the line of the G. W. Railway. They have not yet suc- 
ceeded in getting a Minister, but they deserve one. With praise- 
worthy liberality, they have built a neat brick Church which was 
paid for without extraneous aid, seven of their number having con- 
tributed about $185 each. There is no manse as yet, but the people 
are prepared to provide one as soon as a Minister is settled. They 
have been supplied during several summers by Missionaries. The 
majority of the Congregation speak Gaelic. 

12. Chatham. 

Chatham, C. W., is a town of 4000 inhabitants, on the G. W. 
Railway, 60 miles from London and 40 from Windsor. It is the 
centre of a rich agricultural country. In its early days the Pres- 
byterians applied to Government for ten acres of land within the 
town limits, and got it. The Church, manse, and grave-yard 
occupy about two acres, the remainder is fued and yields at present 
$300 a year. The Church, a brick building quite unworthy of the 
town, was erected in 1841. It was occupied by the Free Church 
Congregation until 1851. In that year, the Rev. John Robb, for- 
merly of Chambly, was inducted. Failing health compelled him to 
resign in 1858: that same year, on the 22nd June, he died. 
The Rev. John Rannie, from Aberdeen, the present Minister, was 
appointed in September, 1859. There is a good manse and the 
property is free from debt. Stated services are conducted in a 
school house, ten miles distant. 

13. North Easthope. 

The Township * of this name embraces a fine agricultural district, 

(*) For the benefit of those unaccustomed to Canadian terms, it is proper to 
explain that a " Township " is a subdivision of a County and is usually ten miles 
square? 

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and is noted for the substantial, even elegant, stone houses of the 
farming population. The Congregation is not large, but it is com- 
pact, and the people are all well to do. There is neither manse nor 
glebe, the Minister residing in a neat cottage, built on his own 
farm. The Congregation cannot justly be complimented on their 
Church, which is not in keeping with the " ceiled houses" of the 
farmers. This was formerly a branch of the charge of Stratford, 
and the Rev. William Bell, who was Minister of both, has, since 
1857, restricted his labours to the Congregation under notice. 

14. Stratford. 

Twenty-six years ago the site of Stratford was an unbroken soli- 
tude ! Now it has a population of 4000 and is rapidly increasing. 
Occupying the point of intersection of the Grand Trunk with the 
Buffalo and Lake Huron Railway, it has become a place of some 
importance. It is prettily situated, on " the Avon" — of course. 
The town is not conspicuous for fine churches. The Kirk, though 
neither large nor handsome, is the best looking in the place. The 
Rev. Daniel Allan was ordained and inducted to the charge of 
Stratford and Woodstock 21st November, 1838. In 1844, he 
" went out," protesting. Mr. Bell, now of N. Easthope (13), was 
inducted in 1848, and finished the Church edifice which his prede- 
cessor had commenced. The Rev. William Miller from South 
Ronaldshay, Scotland, entered upon the charge in 1857. In his 
time a vexatious lawsuit arose in connection with the Church 
property. He resigned in 1863. Dr. George, formerly Professor 
of Moral Philosophy in Queen's College, assumed the pastorate in 
1864. The Congregation is increasing. The church is now too 
small. There is a brick house on the property, but it is not 
suitable for a manse. There is no glebe. 

15. Goderich. 

It is difficult to conceive of a finer situation than that of Goderich. 
I visited it three times, in May, July, and November. The place itself, 
its surroundings, and its history, are invested with a kind of romance ! 
Octagonal in plan, its broad streets diverge, with mathematical 
precision, from the Court House,- -a handsome free-stone structure 



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in the centre. Covering a large area, it has a population of 3000. 
From the elevated plateau on -which it stands — 100 feet above the 
water — there is a magnificent view of Lake Huron. On the distant 
horizon glorious sunsets are seen, and, at certain seasons of the year, 
wonderful Mirages. The roads in the vicinity are the best in the 
Province : the land is unsurpassed in fertility : the climate is salu- 
brious. Yet, strange to say, one fourth, or thereabouts, of the 
shops and houses were, at the time of my visit, closed and tenantless ! 
Stranger still, it is alleged, the Railway has done it all. Each of 
the little villages, of Clinton, Seaforth, and others, has tapped the 
stream of traffic that once flowed toward the shipping port of Gode- 
rich. To this, in some measure, may be ascribed the decline of our 
congregation. 

In 1859, it was stated to have had 112 families; in 1866, after 
diligent search, I found but 82. It was vacant when I was there, 
by the resignation of the Rev. Alexander McKid : since then, Mr. 
Camelon, of Port Hope, has been inducted. Mr. McKid was minis- 
ter of Bytown from 1844 to 1846, when he removed to Hamilton- 
He was inducted the first minister of Goderich, in June, 1848. 
£150 was received from the C. R. Fund to aid in the erection of 
a manse. By some fatal mis-management, the fine building, which 
cost about £700, has passed out of our hands, and there is now no 
manse. Fortunately, there is no debt remaining ; the church, and 
the land adjoining, are valuable. 

16. Bayfield. 

The town of Bayfield is smaller than Goderich but equally beau- 
tiful. It is on the Lake Shore, 12 miles sou:h of the County 
Town and connected with it by a good gravel road. There is a 
neat brick church, finely situated : erected in 1862. The Colonial 
committee having granted .£25 stg., the balance of debt incurred 
has-been provided for by the congregation. There is neither manse 
nor glebe. There is a small branch of the congregation at Varna, 
7 miles east from Bayfield on the Seaforth road — the finest road 
on which I have travelled — There is no church there ; — once they 
attempted to build one, of grout and gravel, but it fell down, and 
courage fled. Bayfield was formerly a branch of Goderich. The 



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Rev. Hamilton Gibson, its first stated Minister, formerly of Gait, C. 
W., was inducted, 21st November, 1860. 

17. Wawanosh. 

The centre of this township is nine miles North from Goderich, 
and at one time it formed a part of that congregation. It is probably 
one of the finest townships in the County of Huron in an agricul- 
tural point of view. The congregation rs very small. There is 
neither manse nor glebe. The Rev. Mr. Barr, residing on a farm 
of his own, gave a site, on which was erected, in 1862, a neat frame 
church, which is free of debt. Ten acres of swamp were given years 
ago by the Canada Company for a burying ground! Mr. Stewart, 
afterwards of Woodstock, was settled here for a few years before Mr. 
Barr, who was inducted 28th September, 1859, 

18. East Williams. 

There is here a large Gaelic-speaking congregation, on the line of 
G. T. R., and 27 miles from London, which, though vacant at the 
time of my visit, has since been supplied with a minister, skilled 
in the language of Ossian. The Rev. Duncan McMillan, a native 
of Islay, and formerly of Caledon, came here in 1839. In his time a 
log church was built. He left at the secession of 1844. A long 
vacancy ensued. In 1855 was inducted the Rev. Robert Stevenson, 
a native of Kilwinning, formerly belonging to the church of the 
" Antiburghers." Remaining 10 years in Williams, he demitted the 
charge in 1865. The Rev. John M. McLeod, from Scotland, was 
inducted on the 16th of January, last. 

Some time ago, a lot of 100 acres of land was given by the Ca- 
nada Company for church purposes. This was sold, and the pro- 
ceeds were applied to the erection of the present frame church. 
There is a good brick manse prettily situated on a lot of 5 acres of 
land, purchased with the grant of <£150 from the Clergy Reserves 
Pund. There is no debt on the church property. 

19. North Dorchester. 

This is a small charge comprising 40 families, scattered over 
a large area, and first organized, in 1853, by the Rev. William Mc- 



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Ewan, formerly of Belleville, who having ministered to them for 
ten years, was compelled, through, age and infirmities, to retire. 

The Rev. James Gordon, formerly of Markham, was inducted in 
October, 1865. The place of worship — a frame building on the 
gravel road, 5 miles from London — of right belongs to the Canada 
Presbyterian Church. There is a glebe of ten acres of good land, 
purchased with the C. R. grant, on which a manse is in course of 
erection. 

20. Westminster. 

The church of Westminster is twelve miles south from London, and 
six from the Minister's residence. There is no manse. Mr. James 
McEwan was inducted first minister of this charge, in October, 
1854. In 1856 a good brick church was erected at a cost of 
£800. It is now free of debt. For further particulars, vide the 
statistical table. 

21. SOUTHWOLD. 

This charge having been for some time a mission station of the 
London Presbytery, the Rev, Donald Ross, formerly of Vaughan, 
was inducted its first stated minister, in 1865. Remaining 9 months 
he was translated to Dundee, C. E. In October, 1866, Mr. Ewan 
McCauley was ordained and inducted. A very neat brick church 
(St. Columba)was erected, in 1865, in the thriving village of Fingal, 
25 miles south from London. It cost 81600 ; about 8200 of debt 
only remaining on it. A glebe of ten acres with a comfortable 
manse has recently been purchased, although not yet paid for, This 
is a beautiful part of the country and the prospects of the congre- 
gation are encouraging. 

22. Woodstock and Norwich. 

Our cause appears to have gone down in Woodstock, the town, 
meanwhile, progressing, until now it has some 5000 inhabitants. I 
have no satisfactory explanation to offer in this case : it seems to 
be a place of which more might have been made. There is a val- 
uable acre of land in the centre of the town, and a good frame 
Church which has been unoccupied for some years. There was a 



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manse, erected with the aid of .£150 from the C. R. fund, but it has 
long since passed out of our hands. The Rev. Daniel Allan had 
the pastoral oversight of the congregation in 1844, when he left the 
Church. There are now three congregations of the Canada Presbyte- 
rian Church in the town. Mr. Frederick P. Sym was inducted to 
the charge of St. Andrew's Congregation in September, 1852. He 
resigned in 1855, and was succeeded, in October, 1866, by the Rev. 
James Stuart, formerly of Wawanosh, who retired from the min- 
istry in 1861, since which time Woodstock has been vacant. 
At Norwichville, about 8 miles eastward, a remnant of the former 
congregation has rallied and erected a very neat frame church, and 
the people there are not without hope of securing and supporting a 
minister. The church at Norwichville is burdened with a debt of 
about $500, towards the liquidation of which the Colonial Commit- 
tee have promised a grant of ^£25, on condition that the balance 
is otherwise provided for. 

Mission Stations in the London Presbytery. 

Widder, in the township of Bosanquet, Westwood, in Williams 
and Kippen in the same neighbourhood, are at present occupied as 
Mission Stations. At Widder there may be about 20 families, 
at Westwood about 15. There is no church property in either 
place. At Westwood, however, Mr. Elliot, of Toronto township, has 
promised to give 50 acres of valuable land, close to the Railway 
Station, so soon as a congregation shall be organized. At Kippen 
it is expected that a church will be built this summer, and there is 
every prospect of a large congregation being immediately formed. 
The Colonial Committee's Missionary, Mr. Daniel McDougall, has 
been mainly instrumental in carrying on the work in this quarter. 

IV. PRESBYTERY OF GUELPH. 

The first meeting of this Presbytery was held at Guelph, by 
appointment of Synod, July 3d, 1860. One of the newest, it is also 
one of the most interesting fields in the church. Besides Mission 
Stations, it has now 11 organized congregations, of which 8 have been 
formed within the last ten years. Including the counties of Bruce 



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and Grey, with parts of Wellington, Waterloo, and Huron, it em- 
braces a large portion of the Western Peninsula. From Guelph 
to the Georgian Bay, the distance is 84 miles, and, westerly, to 
Lake Huron, the distance is about the same. This whole region 
was purchased from the Canadian Government, in 1825, by the 
Canada Company, then formed at the instance of John Gait, the 
Novelist. At that time it was an unbroken wilderness. The whole 
of it was soon after surveyed, and mapped out into Townships and 
farms. Roads having been constructed, rivers bridged, grist and saw 
mills erected, the sites of future towns and villages were chosen. The 
result has been perhaps unequalled in the annals of colonization. 
Lands formerly considered dear at 25 cents an acre, were readily 
bought up by settlers at from 7s. 6d. to 10s., and are now worth 
from $20 to $40 per acre. The counties of Bruce and Grey, then 
inhabited by wolves and bears, and other wild denizens of the forest, 
have now a population of more than 100,000 ! " Old Scotch 
Wilson," — a worthy Elder of the Kirk — the first white settler — is 
still alive, and well remembers the time when he travelled on foot 
60 miles through the woods to reach his present residence, carrying 
his blanket and " rations" on his shoulder, meeting not a human 
being, and guided only by " the blebzb! " From the window of 
his home — looking over fine cleared fields — he now sees a town of 
3000 inhabitants, and hears the scream of the railway whistle, re- 
minding him that from his adopted home in the " Far west," he 
may reach his native village of Helensburgh, on the bank of the 
Clyde, in twelve days ! 

23. Guelph. 

The seat of Presbytery, and county town of Wellington, is one of 
the most flourishing towns in Canada West. The Speed, a pretty 
little river, flows through it, and its population numbers about 5000. 
Here we have a large, influential, and well organized congregation. 
In 1832, the Canada Company granted a site in the centre of 
the town on which a frame Church was soon afterwards erected. 
It was subsequently sold to the corporation for <£1750, and 
is now the site of the Town Hall. In 1858, the present beau- 
tiful stone Church was erected at a cost of 118,000. There is a 



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debt of 14,400 still remaining on it. Government granted 200 acres 
of land near Woodstock for a glebe : this was exchanged with the 
Canada Company for 118 acres near Guelph, which have since 
become very valuable. 68 acres have been sold, 8 acres have been 
set apart for a glebe, and 48 acres, in " park lots," valued at 
$6000, remain to be sold. The Rev. James Smith, who became its 
first minister, in 1832, ceased to be a minister of the church in 
1844. He died at Puslinch, 28th January, 1853. The Rev. 
Colin Grigor formerly of L'Orignal, was inducted, in February, 
1848. Remaining nine years he resigned th3 charge and was subse- 
quently settled at Plantagenet. The Rev. John Hogg, formerly 
a minister of the U. P. Church at Dumfries, Scotland, and, in that 
connection, some time at Hamilton, C. W., and also at Detroit, XL 
S., was appointed to Guelph, in 1858, and is still the minister. 

24. Woolwich. 

This is a small charge in the Township of the same name, about 
twelve miles from Guelph. Though nominally embracing 40 fami- 
lies, only about 20 of these are Presbyterian. A number of others, 
chiefly Episcopalian, attend regularly and contribute to the support 
of ordinances. There are two well conducted Sabbath Schools, 
one, meeting in the church, the other, at a distance of two miles, is 
superintended by Mr. Chambers, with marked efficiency and suc- 
cess. The Rev. Alex. Ross, formerly of Aldborough, was first 
settled as minister of this charge, in 1823. In 1846, he removed 
to Gwillimbury, and died at Bradford, in 1857. With the exception 
of occasional services from Mr. Smith, of Gait, the charge remained 
vacant until the induction of its present worthy minister, the Rev. 
James Thorn, formerly of Three Rivers, in 1854. There is a small 
stone manse and 3i acres of valuable land. 

25. Fergus. 

The town of Fergus, containing about 2000 inhabitants, is finely 
situated on the Grand River, which, at this point, affords an 
immense water power. It is surrounded by a rich agricultural 
country, settled about thirty-five years since by emigrants from 
Scotland. The congregation is large and well equipped. It 



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dates from 1835, when the first Church was opened for worship. 
With a munificence that well deserves to be recorded and imitated, 
it was erected at the sole expense of the late Mr. Ferguson of Wood- 
hill, and made over in a free gift to the congregation. Though 
considered at the time a spacious and even handsome edifice, it 
became in course of time too small for the congregation, and. mea- 
sures taken for the erection of a larger and a better one resulted 
in the present beautiful church, which was opened for worship in 
December, 1862. It is built of the fine free-stone of the country, 
is of Gothic design and finished with great taste. I believe it 
cost only $8800. In 1836, a grant of 171 acres of land was 
received from the Government, although the deed for it was not 
obtained till 1845. The sale of this realized the sum of $5100, 
which was applied to the building of the new church. The congre- 
gation subscribed $2500. The balance of $1600 is as yet unprovided 
for. There is an excellent stone manse, but there is no glebe. 
The first minister of the charge, was Mr. Alexander Gardiner from 
Aberdeen, who was ordained and inducted, 22nd February, 1837, 
and who died here after a brief illness, 13th December, 1841. Mr. 
Bayne, of Gait, preached occasionally during the vacancy that fol- 
lowed. The Rev. George Smellie, who was inducted, in 1843, left 
the church, in 1844, and, with him, a great majority of the congre- 
gation. He is still minister of the C. P. Church of Fergus. The 
Rev. Hugh Mair, D.D., originally a seceding minister from Scotland, 
was placed over the charge on the 2nd of February, 1848. He 
had been for 13 years minister of Johnstown, in the State of New 
York, in connection with the " Old School." He died there while 
on a visit to his friends, 1st November, 1854. His remains were in- 
terred at Johnstown, and in the vestibule of the church at Fergus 
there is a marble tablet to his memory, and one also to that of A. D. 
Fordyce, Esq., long a Ruling Elder and active member of the church. 
The Rev. George MacDonell, the present minister, formerly of 
Nelson and Waterdown, was inducted to Fergus in May 1855. He 
was ordained in 1840 by the Presbytery of Lancashire, as minister of 
St. Luke's Church, Bathurst, N. B., where he was for eleven years. 

26. Arthur. 

The Rev. John Whyte has been settled here since March, 1857,. 



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and is the first minister of Arthur. He was licenced by the 
Presbytery of Ayr in 1849, and was assistant to Dr. Menzies of 
Maybole for a year. He came to Canada in 1850, and in the 
following year was inducted to Brockville, where he remained four 
years. A neat brick Church was built in the village of Arthur in 
1 854. The Colonial Committee assisted in its erection with a grant 
of |300. There is neither manse nor glebe. Repeated failures of 
crops have hindered the prosperity of the congregation. As appears 
from the statistical table, their contributions are small. 

27. Mount Forest. 

This congregation was rendered vacant by the resignation of its 
first minister, the Rev. John Hay, in June, 1866. He had been 
inducted in January, 1861. In 1858 he came to Canada, a 
missionary from the Colonial Committee, and proved eminently 
useful and acceptable in many of the Mission Stations within the 
bounds. He had intended returning to Scotland, but died after a 
short and severe illness at Kincardine, 31st July, 1866, in the 
39th year of his age. The village of Mount Forest is a thriving 
place with 1500 inhabitants. The congregation is small, but, 
under good management will probably increase. There is a small 
frame church but no manse. The Rev. J. Allister Murray, for 
some years Minister of Bathurst, N. B., has recently been in- 
ducted to the pastoral oversight of the congregation. 

28. Priceville. 

This charge is of recent formation, having been for a good many 
years a Mission Station, and supplied during the summer months 
by students in Divinity. It is now a large congregation and has 
been fortunate in obtaining the services of a young and active 
minister, gifted with Gaelic, Mr. Donald Fraser, who was ordained 
and inducted 15th August, 1867. The little village of Priceville 
is situated ten miles east from Durham in a rough hilly country, 
and the people are chiefly of Celtic origin. There is a good frame 
church, furnished with an accessory that very few of our country 
Churches have, and which all should have, a good bell to summon 
the Congregation to worship. There are five acres of land, but 
no manse. 



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29. Owen Sound. 
The town of this name is a rising place situated on an arm of 
the Georgian Bay. The circumstances which led to the formation 
of the charge are peculiar, and were stated to me in substance as 
follows. — Early in 1865 a portion of " Knox Church" congregation, 
in connection with the Canada Presbyterian Church, petitioned 
our Presbytery for supply. Mr. Jardine, a missionary student of 
Queen's College, was sent to them, and a large congregation 
attended his ministrations. In the end of the year a call was pre- 
sented to Mr. Jardine which he declined, and, in the meantime, 
the church, a well finished frame building and nearly new, was 
transferred to trustees in connection with the Church of Scotland, 
who assumed the debt, amounting to 1719. Nine months elapsed, 
and the hopes of the people to get a minister had become well-nigh 
exhausted. In their " straits," and to them most unexpectedly, 
the Rev. Duncan Morrison of Brockville seems to have been sent 
by Providence ; as one of the elders remarked, — " man's extrem- 
ity is often God's opportunity." Mr. Morrison was inducted in 
October, 1866, and the work of consolidating this new charge has 
since then progressed satisfactorily. In connection with it, at 
Derby, seven miles distant, there is a Mission Station, which, it is 
believed, will soon become self-supporting. 

30. Leith and Johnson. 
This charge presents another evidence of the success attend- 
ing the mission work of the Presbytery. The two congregations 
named having been supplied by missionaries for some years, were 
in 1864 united into one charge under their present minister, Mr. 
Alex. Hunter, who was ordained and inducted on the 27th of 
October in that year. At the village of Leith, which is beautifully 
situated on Owen Sound, a tasteful brick church was erected in 
1865, at a cost of $1300. As yet there is no manse, but a good 
site for one has been secured. The affairs of the congregation appear 
to be carefully and wisely managed. 

31. Kincardine. 
The town of Kincardine is finely situated on Lake Huron shore. 
It has a population of about 2000 and is rapidly increasing. As it 



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is noted for its genial climate and the fertility of the adjacent 
country, it must become an important place. The congregation is 
already large and is steadily increasing. The Kevs. Messrs. McKid 
of Goderich, and Mowat, then of Niagara, first visited Kincardine 
some twelve years ago and conducted worship in Mr. McPherson's 
saw mill. That gentleman, soon after, erected a good church at 
his sole expense and presented it under a model deed to the con- 
gregation. Mr. Alexander Dawson was ordained and inducted the 
first minister of the charge, in September, 1863. There is neither 
manse nor glebe. Several outlying stations have been statedly 
supplied by Mr. D. with Sabbath Services ; some of these will soon 
become self-supporting congregations. Since the above was written 
the charge has become vacant by the resignation of the incumbent, 
who has joined the Canada Presbyterian Church. The congregation., 
however, has not forsaken " its first love." 

32. Paisley. 

This is yet another mission charge, to which the Rev. Kenneth 
McLennan, formerly of Dundas and Ancaster, and now of Whitby, 
was inducted in 1857. In October, 1859, he had the satisfaction 
of seeing a comfortable and commodious church opened for worship 
and the nucleus of a good congregation formed. He was trans- 
lated to his present charge in 1860. From that time until 1866, 
Paisley remained vacant, when the present minister, Mr. Matthew 
W. McLean, was ordained and inducted on the 15th of August. It 
is now in a flourishing condition. 

33. Galt. 

The rising and prosperous town of Gait has a population of 3500. 
The Grand River flows through the centre of it, affording unlimited 
power and giving motion to much machinery. It is beautiful for 
situation. The Kirk is well represented, and we have a large, well- 
ordered, prosperous, and increasing congregation. At an early 
period in its history the late Mr. Dickson chose a fine site, erected a 
handsome church at an expense of X1000, named it St. Andrew's, 
and handed it over to the Congregation for half its cost ! In 1844 
the Church property was claimed by the large majority who " went 



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out." A long and vexatious Chancery suit followed and heavy 
expenses were incurred, the minority, however, were confirmed in 
the possession of it. Mr. Dickson also gave 7J acres of land for a 
glebe, on which a stone manse was erected. It is finely situated, 
overlooking the river and the town. During last summer a large 
addition was made to it. 

The Rev. William Stewart, from Kenmore, Scotland, was the first 
Minister settled in 1832. His name does not appear on the Synod's 
Roll after 1834. Dr. Bayne succeeded in 1836. In 1844 he be- 
came the leader of the Free Church party and his connection with 
the Church of Scotland ceased. During the stormy interregnum 
that followed, Dr. Liddell, then Principal of Queen's College, seems 
to have been mainly instrumental in piloting those that remained 
through their difficulties and securing them in the possession of their 
Church property. Mr. Dyer, the sailor, and orator of " high 
degree" — an enthusiast — a sensationalist — altogether a very 
extraordinary man, whom we have already met with at Simcoe — 
appeared for a little time to bask in the sunshine of popularity, and 
then mysteriously vanished. So popular was he that, in September, 
1846, he received two calls, one from Gait, signed by 153 persons, 
and another from Fergus, signed by 51, both of which were regularly 
moderated in. Both, however, fell to the ground, for a fama 
spread abroad, and poor Dyer became the subject of a libel. 
Having written a farewell letter to the Congregation of Gait, he 
left precipitately ; he is supposed to have resumed his avocation as 
a sailor, and to have been drowned at sea. In November, 1848, the 
Rev. John Malcolm Smith, an ordained Minister of the Church of 
Scotland, was inducted. In 1850 he was appointed to the Chair 
of Classical Literature and Moral Philosophy in Queen's College. 
In his stead the Rev. Hamilton Gibson, now of Bayfield, came in 
November of that year. He remained nine years. Mr. Robert 
Campbell, now of St. Gabriel's, Montreal, was ordained and in- 
ducted to Gait the 10th of April, 1862, and was translated to his 
present charge in December, 1866. Soon after this, the Con- 
gregation gave a call to the Rev. James B. Muir of Lindsay, their 
present Minister, who was inducted in March following. 



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V. PRESBYTERY OF TORONTO. 

This, the largest of our Presbyteries, has a frontage on Lake 
Ontario of one hundred miles. It embraces 26 organized Congre- 
gations — nearly one fourth part of the whole Church. I had several 
opportunities of meeting this Presbytery in session — of being bene- 
fitted by its counsels, encouragement, and co-operation, as well as of 
observing the orderly conduct, and harmony of its proceedings. 
Perhaps it has now reached the limits beyond which its efficient 
management might become onerous and difficult ; but as this consi- 
deration falls more naturally under the notice of the Synod's Com- 
mittee, charged with preparing a scheme for the redistribution of 
charges in the Western Presbyteries, it need not be further referred 
to in this report. It is one of the four Presbyteries into which the 
Church of Scotland was originally divided in 1831. At that time, in 
all Canada, to the West of Toronto, we had only six Ministers, — now 
there are 42. I commenced to visit the Congregations in this Pres- 
bytery on the 4th of September, and was occupied, with little inter- 
mission, until the 22nd of November, labouring during a conside- 
rable portion of that time under great disadvantages from the state 
of the roads and weather. 

34. Port Hope. 

The towD of Port Hope — one of the prettiest places in Canada — 
situated on Lake Ontario, 94 miles west from Kingston, has a popu- 
lation of 5000. It was taken up by the Presbytery of Toronto in 
1859 as a mission station, — then, without a place of worship, with- 
out manse, without organization of any kind ; now, there is a well 
finished brick church, a comfortable manse, and, including the sta- 
tion at Knoxville, nine miles inland, a congregation of 70 families. 
Each Lord's day there are two regular services in the town, and one 
at 3 p. m. in the country. The Church cost $3500, of which the 
Colonial Committee gave <£75 stg. It is free of debt. The manse 
recently purchased for 11000, is good value for the money. Mr. 
David Camelon was ordained and inducted first Minister of the 
charge, on the 12th of December, 1859. Having received a call 
to Goderich, he was translated to that place during the present year, 
and Port Hope has thus become vacant. 



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35. Peterboro. 

The town of Peterboro, 30 miles north of Port Hope, is reached 
by Railway : it, too, has a thriving population of 5000, and owes its 
prosperity chiefly to the lumber business which is extensively carried 
on. Early in the history of Peterboro a grant of two acres of land 
was made by the Government to the Presbyterians for church pur- 
poses. Of this, one acre is in the neighbourhood of St. Andrew's 
Church and affords ample room for a manse — yet to be built. The 
other is partly fuecl, yielding at present $126 per annum. 

The Rev. John M. Roger, from Kincardine O'Neille, in Scot- 
land, was inducted first Minister of the charge, the 10th of 
November, 1833. In 1844, he, and most of the Congregation 
seceded, and, with the consent of the minority, retained the use 
of the Church until 1857, when the dissentient portion of the Con- 
gregation erected for themselves a new Church in which Mr. Roger 
still officiates. In 1858, the Rev. James Douglas, an ordained 
Minister from the Colonial Committee, was inducted to the charge 
of St. Andrew's. He resigned in 1864. On the 20th of January, 
1867, was inducted Mr. D. J. Macdonnell, son of the respected 
Minister of Fergus. The Congregation has been fortunate in its 
choice, and its prospects are now very encouraging, 

36. Lindsay. 

This place is thirty miles west from Peterboro, with which it is con- 
nected by railway, and is the county town of Victoria. It has a popu- 
lation of 3000 and is rapidly improving. The county buildings,erected 
at a cost of 870,000, are among the neatest in the Province. 
Fronting the Court House is St. Andrew's Church, a beautiful Gothic 
structure, built of white' brick in 1863. There is no manse nor 
glebe. The Rev. Mr. Tweedie of the United Presbyterian Church, 
who resided at Manilla in this neighbourhood, officiated also in 
Lindsay for some years. After his time, the field being neglected, 
other denominations obtained an early and strong footing. The 
Presbytery gave occcasional supply until 1861, when a call was given 
to the Rev. William Johnson, of Arnprior, who was inducted on the 
6th of April in that year. On the 19th July, 1864, from ill health, 
Mr. J., resigned the charge. The Rev. James B. Muir, an 



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ordained Minister from Scotland, was inducted on the 31st of 
May, 1865. Mr. M. is the son of a parish schoolmaster, and was for 
two years assistant-minister at Kilbirnie, Scotland. Two years he 
officiated within the bounds of the Presbytery of the north of 
England, and was ordained to the ministry at Hexham, Northum- 
berland. He came to Canada in 1864. The Congregation of 
Lindsay, which under him made satisfactory progress, became 
vacant by his translation to Gait on the 28th March, 1867. 

37. Brock. 

This is a country charge, the Township bearing the same name 
and consisting of very fine land, was settled 30 years ago by emigrants 
from Inverness, Islay, and Mull. There is a pretty good frame 
church, an excellent manse, and 20 acres of glebe. The Rev. James 
Lambie, after his settlement at Pickering, made frequent visits to 
this part of the country. Mr. Peter Watson came as a Missionary 
in 1855. The first Minister who was settled in the charge was the 
Rev. John Campbell, a native of Canada, now of Markham, and 
who had been a Minister in the United States for two years. His 
induction took place on the 10th September, 1856. He resigned 
in March, 1866, from which time it remained vacant until the induc- 
tion of the Rev. Archibald Currie, formerly of Cote St. George, 
11th July, 1867. 

38. Eldon. 

The Township of this name was settled forty years ago by High- 
landers from Inverness and Argyle-shires, and embraces a large ex- 
tent of very fine land. The church, which was built in 1846, has 
recently undergone repairs and embellishment, and is now comfort- 
ably seated for 500 persons. There is a good manse. The glebe 
is very valuable, comprising 200 acres of land, one-half of which 
is in a good state of cultivation. The Rev. John McMurchy, the 
first Minister of the Congregation, was a native of Killearn, Can- 
tyre, Scotland. He came to Canada in 1841, was inducted to 
Bradford in the following year, and translated to Eldon in 1844. 
Much respected for warmth of heart, " a man of independent mind " 
he went in and out among his attached Highland Congregation till 



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his death, which occurred suddenly, from heart disease, 22nd Sep- 
tember, 1866. The Rev. Neil McDougall, a native of Oban, Argyle- 
shire, who had been for three years stationed at Indian Lands (95), 
was inducted 19th June, 1867. 

In connection with this there is a branch Congregation at Bal- 
sover, recently erected into a separate charge, but which has not 
yet succeeded in obtaining a Minister. Mr. Duncan McCrae of this 
place, in a spirit deserving of the highest commendation, erected at 
his own expense a beautiful Church, and made it over in a free gift 
to the Congregation. There is a glebe of 15 acres, and the Con- 
gregation numbers about 70 families. 

39. Thorah. 

In the Township of this name, adjoining Eldon, there is another 
large Gaelic-speaking Congregation. It was first settled in 1832. 
The Rev. \Yil]iam Jenkins, of Markham, was then the only Presby- 
terian Minister in this section of country (42) . To him many of 
the settlers carried their children for baptism, a distance of fifty 
miles. The late Mr. Lambie visited them frequently, but they 
had no stated Minister until the induction of the present incumbent, 
the Rev. David Watson, who was here ordained to the Ministry, 31st 
August, 1853. Previous to his settlement several ineffectual at- 
tempts had been made to secure a pastor, and more than once 
the people had been duped by designing men that came among them 
pretending that they were Ministers in regular standing with the 
Church. 

St. Andrew's Church, which is a plain substantial stone building, 
seated for 500, was erected in 1810. An excellent brick manse was 
built in 1855, and the glebe consists of 100 acres of good land. 

40. Georgina. 

Beautiful lake Simcoe washes the shore of the Township of Geor- 
gina. The Congregation, which is an offshoot from Thorah, became 
a separate charge in 1865. Its progress has been satisfactory. In 
the village of Sutton there is a brick Church of Gothic design, erec- 
ted in 1863. It is named " Knox Church." About the same time 

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a frame building known as " Cooke's Church " was erected at a 
distance of five miles : in both of these services are held every Sab- 
bath. There is a glebe lot of 100 acres which was allocated to this 
Congregation from what is known as the " Seton Fund " of the 
Presbytery. Mr. John Gordon was ordained and inducted to this 
charge on the 21st of February, 1865, and is still Minister. 

41. Uxbridge. 

This charge has for its centre a village of the same name, situa- 
ted about twenty-eight miles south from Georgina. The first 
Minister seems to have been the Rev. William Brown, from the 
Presbytery of Ahoghill, Ireland, who was inducted 23rd June, 1847. 
In 1850 he was suspended from the Ministerial office. In 1853, he 
died, and was buried in Uxbridge Church-yard. The Rev. William 
Cleland, a licentiate of the Irish Presbyterian Church, and for 
four years Minister on Long Island, New York, was admitted by 
the Synod in 1853, and inducted in August, 1854. Since my visit 
steps have been taken for the erection of a New Church, which, for- 
tunately for them and for me, renders disparaging allusion to the 
old one unnecessary. There is a valuable glebe of 200 acres, five 
miles from the manse, in the Township of Scott. Formerly there 
existed a branch of the Congregation in that place. Seven years 
ago it was reported to the Convener of Statistics, — " it is proposed 
to build one, if not two Churches this year." Delays are danger- 
ous ! The manse is very comfortable, and occupying a conspicuous 
site on the summit of Quaker Hill, overlooks a large extent of fine 
rolling country. 

42. Scarboro. 

In the Township of Scarboro, bordering on Lake Ontario, and 
about ten miles from Toronto, there is one of the largest and strong- 
est Congregations in Western Canada. This part of the country be- 
gan to be settled by emigrants from the South of Scotland so early 
as 1799. The Rev. Mr. Jenkins, from the Synod of New York, 
was the first, and, for many years, the only Presbyterian Clergy- 
man. While employed as a Missionary among the Oneida Indians 
in New York State, he first visited Canada about the year 1820, 



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and soon after accepted an appointment from the Associate Synod 
of Scotland, to labour in the Ministry in the Townships of York, 
Vaughan, Markham, and Scarboro. He resided at Markham, and 
preached once a fortnight at Scarboro, in an unfinished frame build- 
ing near the site of the present Church. To him came, as assistant, 
the Rev. James George, a native of Scotland, and who was ordained 
to the Ministry by the Associate Reformed Presbytery of NewYork, 
September 21st, 1831. He took the pastorate of the Scarboro 
Congregation about the year 1833, and, on the 4th of August, 1834, 
he and his Congregation connected themselves with the Church 
of Scotland in Canada. He was translated to Belleville in October, 
1847, and in May, 1848, was re-translated to Scarboro, where he 
remained till 6th September, 1853, when, having been appointed 
to the chair of Logic and Moral Philosophy in Queen's College, 
he demitted the charge. Dr. George retired from the College in 
1862, and became Minister of Stratford, where he now is. The 
Rev. James Bain, formerly a Minister of the Secession Church 
at Kirkaldy, Scotland, was received by the Presbytery of Toronto, 
in 1853, and inducted to this charge in October, 1854. A fine 
brick Church was built in 1849. There is a good manse and a glebe 
of acres, in addition to which the Minister enjoys the interest of 
money invested, which was realized from the sale of lands procured 
through the Seton Fund. 

In connection with this Congregation a very beautiful frame 
Church was erected in the Township of Markham, in 1864. It 
was built without extraneous aid and is named St. John's. Mr. 
Bain officiates in it regularly. 

43. Markham. 

The Rev. Mr. Jenkins, above mentioned, and who connected 
himself with the then Presbytery of Upper Canada, was settled here 
in 1820 (see 42), and seems to have retired about the year 1834. 
His labours were highly appreciated. In the autumn of 1836, Mr. 
Alexander Gardiner, from Aberdeen, was sent as a Missionary by- 
the Glasgow Society and officiated about six months, when he ac- 
cepted a call to Fergus (25). The Rev. George Galloway, a 
superior young man and a distinguished student of Aberdeen, was 



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ordained and inducted 4th February, 1840. He died at Markham 
village on the 11th of November, 1811. Mr. Angus Mcintosh hav- 
ing officiated for a short time here, as Missionary, received a call 
to Thorold in 1812, which he accepted. He left the Church in 
1811. The Rev. James Stuart, formerly a Missionary at Frampton, 
C. E., became Minister of Markham in 1819 ; in 1851 he was 
translated to Wawanosh. Mr. James Gordon, who was ordained 
and inducted in September, 1854, was translated to N. Dorchester 
in 1865. The Rev. John Campbell (37), the present incumbent, 
succeeded in March, 1866. There is an old weather-beaten frame 
Church near the village. The manse is undergoing enlargement 
and needful repairs, and there is a glebe lot of 100 acres situated 
in the Township of Georgina which was obtained through the Seton 
Fund. 

There are two branch Congregations in connection with the 
charge. — (1) Stouffville, a small village seven miles north, where 
there are less than a dozen families belonging to the Church, who, 
nevertheless, have recently built a very neat little place of worship. 
(2) The other is at Cashel, about a like distance in a southerly 
direction, where a small Church was erected a good many years 
ago. 

44, Pickering. 

This is a double charge. The section in front is at Duffin's Creek, 
and near the line of Railway ; the stronger half meets for worship 
about nine miles inland. Both have stone Churches, neither of them 
models of architecture, yet they are comfortable and commodious. 
There is a manse — much too small — and 25 acres of good land. 
There is a glebe, besides, of 100 acres, which is rented at present 
for 170 per annum. There is also the sum of $800 invested for the 
benefit of the Minister. Add to these that the Township of Pic- 
kering is one of the very best in Canada, and its farmers wealthy, 
surely they have "a goodly heritage !" These Congregations were 
organized by the late Rev. James Lambie, who came to Canada in 
1840, and was ordained to the Ministry in the following year. A 
marble slab in the grave yard at Duffin's Creek, records truly what sort 
of man he was, thus it reads : " In memory of the Rev. J ames Lam- 
bie, who died September 16th, 1847, aged 42. He was a native 



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of Tarbolton, Ayrshire, Scotland, and was the first Minister settled 
in the Scotch Congregations in Pickering and Whitby, to both of 
which he was pastor. He was a man of admirable common sense ; 
of a clear and profound judgment ; of great and varied attainments 
as a scholar ; of simple and earnest piety ; an edifying preacher, 
and a most self-denying and laborious servant of Christ." 

The Rev. Peter McNaughton, formerly of Vaughan, and now 
residing there, succeeded Mr. Lambie in 1848. He resigned the 
charge and all connection with the Church, 21st November, 1855. 
He was followed by the Rev. Samuel McCaughy in September, 
1856, who demitted the charge in November, 1859. The Rev. 
Walter R. Ross, who was inducted on the 6th of February, 1861, is 
now Minister. 

45. Whitby. 

From the time of Mr. Lambie's death, this charge remained 
vacant until the 12th of December, 1860, when the Rev. Kenneth 
McLennan, formerly of Paisley, was inducted. Since then its pro 
gress has been, if not rapid, yet steady and encouraging. The 
town of Whitby has a population of about 4000, and has many 
points of attraction. The surrounding country is beautiful and 
highly cultivated. St. Andrew's Church is a very fine Gothic 
structure. It was erected in 1859, at a cost of $12,000, and of 
this sum Mr. Laing, a merchant in the place, contributed more than 
one half. Recently a large and well finished house has been pur- 
chased for a manse. There is no glebe. 

46. Bowman ville. 

In 1840, the Rev. Thomas Alexander, then Minister of Cobourg, 
reported to the Presbytery of Kingston, that he had dispensed the 
Communion to upwards of 100 persons at Bowmanville, but no Minis- 
ter of our Church seems to have been settled prior to the Rev. J ohn 
H. McKerras, who was ordained and inducted in September, 1853. 
In October, 1866, having received the appointment of Professor of 
Classical Literature in Queen's College, he demitted the charge, 
which is now vacant. There is a frame Church, neither large nor 
handsome, and a good manse with four acres of valuable land 



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attached. A lot of land, obtained through the Seton Fund, having 
been sold for $1,360, this sum was invested and yields $95 per 
annum. There is a branch of the charge at Orono, nine miles 
distant, but there is no Church there. Together they number 60 
families and 90 Communicants. The town of Bowmanville has 
3000 inhabitants, and the neighbourhood is picturesque and very 
productive ; the roads are excellent. It is altogether a very desir- 
able place of residence. 

47. Clarke. 

This is a double charge in the Township of the same name, ten miles 
east from Bowmanville. There are two frame Churches about five 
miles apart, in both of which are conducted regular Sabbath Services 
and Sabbath Schools. It was first organized in 1846, by the Rev. 
James Lambie, at which time the Rev. Samuel Porter, formerly at 
Trafalgar (7), was inducted its first minister. He retired from 
the Ministry in 1861. Mr. James S. Mullan, the present incum- 
bent, was ordained and inducted 31st December, 1861. The affairs 
of the Congregation are systematically managed. There is a glebe 
of 5J acres of eligible land, and preparations are being made to erect 
a manse. 

48. Toronto. 

The City of Toronto was founded in 1794, under the name of 
York. " Muddy little York," it was contemptuously styled in those 
days. It has now a population of nearly 50,000. Though its situ- 
ation is rather low, yet its wide umbrageous streets, its splendid 
public buildings, and other characteristics, give to it the appearance 
of a very fine city. The Presbyterian population is divided, according 
to the census of 1861, thus :— The Church of Scotland, 2893 : The 
Free Church, 2480 : United Presbyterians 1231. The last two 
having united in 1861, made the numbers of the Canada Presby- 
terian Church 3711. It is the seat of Knox College and the 
stronghold of that Church. In 1866 they had five Congregations 
in the city, reporting a membership of 1465 Communicants. We 
have at present but one Congregation, that of St. Andrew's. 

The Rev. James Harris, a young preacher from Ireland, was the 
first Presbyterian Minister of the city. He organized a Congregation 



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in 1821, and was instrumental in building a Church, from which 
beginning grew up " Knox Congregation," now the largest Presby- 
terian Congregation in the Province, having a membership of 563, 
and of which the Rev. Alexander Topp is now Minister. Mr. 
Harris is still living, and resides, without charge, at Eglinton. The 
design to form a Congregation in connection with the Church of 
Scotland appears to have been first entertained by some members 
of the Legislative Assembly when in York during the Session of 
1830. One of these,* the late Hon. William Morris of Perth, a 
gentlemen who proved himself an unwearied and successful advo- 
cate of the Church of Scotland in Canada, has left on record the 
following incident which had its weight in influencing him to urge 
the "erection of a Scotch Church in York. He was walking on 
the morning of a Sabbath by the ruins of the former Parliament 
House before repairing to the Episcopal Church ; and, while musing 
on the want of Divine ordinances by a minister of his own Church, 
he bethought himself of the practicability of obtaining the ruined 
building from Government and converting it into a place of wor- 
ship. With these thoughts he returned from his walk, and, as he 
entered the Episcopal Church, somewhat late, the Clerk was just 
giving out the following lines of the 132nd Psalm : 

" I will not go into my house ; nor to my bed ascend ; 

No soft repose shall close my eyes, nor sleep my eyelids bend : 
Till for the Lord's design'd abode I mark the destin'd ground ; 
Till I a decent place of rest for Jacob's God have found." 

The words came home to him like an oracle. The very next 
day a meeting of parties favourable to the proposal was held, at 
which the Hon. Francis Hincks presided, and Mr. Wm. Lyon 
McKenzie was secretary. A site was purchased in the centre of 
the town for .£450, on which was forthwith erected the Church 
which now bears the name of St. Andrew's, and which was opened 
for worship on the 19th of June, 1831. The Rev. William Rintoul 
was the first who preached within its walls. Having arrived from 



* I have given this statement as I found it, in the hand-writing of the Rev. 
Mr. Rintoul; information since received, however, from other reliable sources, 
also associates the names of the late Chief Justice McLean, of Toronto, and the 
late Hon. Peter McGill, of Montreal, with the incident mentioned in the text. 



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England only a few days before the opening of the Church he was 
on that occasion introduced to his ministry by the Rev. Robert 
McGill of Niagara. The garrison of York, consisting of the 79th 
Regiment of Highlanders, composed his first Congregation. The 
population of York, which was the Provincial Metropolis and 
the principal military station in Upper Canada, is stated to have 
been at that time 5179. The sacrament of the Lord's supper was 
first dispensed in the Church to 112 communicants on the 30th of 
October, 1831. Mr. Rintoul resigned in May, 1834, and was ap- 
pointed superintendent of Missions. He became Minister of Streets- 
ville in 1835, where he remained till 1844, when he left the Church. 
He was inducted to St. Gabriel St. Church, Montreal, in 1850, of 
which he continued to be Minister till his death in 1852. The Rev. 
Wm. T. Leach, from Edinburgh, succeeded Mr. Rintoul in Toronto, 
15th July, 1835. In 1842 he removed to York Mills. On the 15th 
of November in that year, he, and the Rev. Wm. Ritchie of New- 
Market, tendered their resignations to the Presbytery, intimating 
at the same time their intention, for reasons given, of joining the 
Church of England. Their reasons not having been considered 
satisfactory, they were severally served with libel, and both solemn- 
ly deposed, the former on the 27th of December, 1842, the latter 
on the day following. Mr. Leach, who was ordained to the Minis- 
try by the Presbytery of Haddington in June, 1833, now resides 
in Montreal, a Minister of the Church of England, and also a pro- 
fessor in McGill University. Mr. Ritchie is now the Episcopalian 
Minister of Georgina. The Rev. John Barclay, from Ayrshire, was 
inducted to this charge 6th December, 1842. In 1855, the Senatus 
Academicus of the University of Glasgow, his Alma Mater, con- 
ferred upon him the degree of Doctor in Divinity. As Clerk of 
the Presbytery of Toronto, as a Trustee of Queen's College, and 
as a member of the Temporalities Board, Dr. Barclay has, during 
many years, rendered signal services to the Church. 

St. Andrew's Church is seated for 1000. The Congregation 
own some valuable property in the city, and have, besides, 200 
acres of land, and an investment of $ 1,200. There is no manse, 
but $80 per annum is paid to the Minister in lieu thereof. 



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49. Chinguacousy. 

The township bearing this name was early settled. It lies a little 
to the west of Toronto and embraces a fine tract of land. The 
Rev. Thomas Johnson, a native of Ahoghill, Co. Antrim, was 
inducted to the pastorate here by the United Synod of U. C. in 
1834. Having received licence in his native county in 1822, he came 
to Canada in 1827, and was minister of Earnestown for four years. 
He was received by the Synod in 1840. In 1844 the majority of 
his congregation seceded and retained possession of the Church 
property, but Mr. Johnson continued to be a staunch supporter of his 
adopted Church, and contended manfully with the difficulties which 
the defection of his congregation entailed upon him, until 1862, 
when the infirmities of old age compelled him to relinquish the 
charge. He continued, however, to preach frequently. He died 
on the 30th of August, 1866, having presided in public worship for 
the last time on the Sabbath previous, only four days before his 
death. He was much respected. In 1862 the log Church in which 
the congregation had worshipped for many years was replaced by a 
very neat brick edifice. There is a manse in the village of Edmon- 
ton, but there is no glebe. The Rev. George Law, formerly a 
Missionary in Nova Scotia, was inducted on the 10th of December- 
last. The congregation is small, numbering only 32 families. 
These, however, with praiseworthy liberality have subscribed the 
sum of |400 for stipend. It is entirely a rural charge. 

50. Caledon and Mono. 

In the Townships bearing these names there are three congrega- 
tions, respectively 16, 11 and 8 miles apart, which were united into 
one charge under Mr. William Hamilton, who was ordained the 31st 
of July, 1866. The Rev. Duncan McMillan, now Free Church Min- 
ister of Lobo, had been Minister of Caledon from 1831 until 1839, 
and the Rev. Alexander Lewis, now residing in Mono, was for many 
years the Presbyterian bishop of a wide extent of the surrounding 
country. He had been ordained to the ministry in Nova Scotia in 
1822, and, coming to Canada in 1837, joined the United Synod of 
U. C, which in 1840 became incorporated with the Church of 



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Scotland in Canada. He retired from the charge of Mono in 1865, 
in the 74th year of his age and the 48th of his ministry. There is a 
good stone Church at Caledon, an old log Church at Mono East, 
and a new one at Mono West. The glebe comprises 100 acres of 
poor land. There is no manse. 

51. ORANGEVILLE. 

The village of Orangeville has a population of 1500 and is sur- 
rounded by a tolerably good country. There is a stone Church, 
" Bethel" by name, built in 1859. There is a manse with one 
acre of land in the village. The congregation was organized in 
1837 by Mr. Lewis. The Rev. William E. McKay, formerly of 
Camden, was inducted in July, 1859. as the first minister of the 
charge, and is still the incumbent. 

52. Erin. 

The township of Erin was settled chiefly by Highland Scotch. 
The land is hilly, but of good quality. This congregation was also 
organized by Mr. Lewis, in 1860, and worships in what is termed a 
" Union Church." Mr. Donald Strachan, a catechist, has been 
supplying services during the last two summers, and with much 
acceptance ; the people are very " willing," and contributed last 
summer $300 for six months services. There is no Church pro- 
perty. 

53. TOSSORONTIO AND MULMUR. 

The Townships in which this charge lies are north from Erin, 
and present the appearance of a new, rough, and hilly district. 
The valleys are rich, but the general aspect of the country, while 
confessedly romantic, is not prepossessing in an agricultural point of 
view. It formed a part of Mr. Lewis' diocese from 1837 till 1853, 
when the Rev. Archibald Colquhoun was inducted to the charge of 
Mulmur. He retired on his commutation allowance in 1861, and 
resides in Mulmur. Mr. Alexander McLennan was ordained and 
inducted to the pastoral care of these two congregations, 2nd July, 
1862. There is a neat frame Church at Rosemount, in Tossorontio, 



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and one similar in size and design at Mulmur, where there is a 
glebe of 100 acres. The manse is uninhabitable. 

54. NOTTAWASAGA. 

At the present time Nottawasaga is said to be the best wheat- 
growing township in Canada. It has a frontage on the Georgian 
Bay, and is altogether a beautiful section of country. The price 
of land in favoured localities has gone up to $50, and even 
as high as $100 per acre. Agricolas has grown rich. A certain 
one whom I met with had a short time before received $5000 in 
cash for his wheat crop. Upon the good old principle of titheing, 
$500 of this would have been given for the service of Him who 
gave the whole. How much, is it supposed, does this modern 
representative of Christianity, in the finest wheat growing Township 
of Canada, — a man "who thanks God he was born a Presbyterian," 
who, " please God, intends to die a Presbyterian," whose love for 
the Church of Scotland, to hear him talk, is, as was that of 
David to Jonathan, " wonderful ! passing the love of women." 
How much per annum does this prosperous farmer dole out for the 
support of a faithful and laborious minister of the Gospel ? Publish 
it in Gath ! four " almighty dollars." Tell it in Askelon, that 
he refused, point blank, to become a subscriber to " The Presby- 
terian" at one dollar a year ! There were two good frame Churches 
in the Township, but one has recently been destroyed by fire. The 
Congregations are both large and are scattered over a wide area. 

Each of them could easily support a Minister and pay him $1000 a 
year ; and no country Minister should have less than that, unless it 
might be in the South Sea Islands, where food costs nothing and rai- 
ment can almost be dispensed with. There is an excellent glebe of 100 
acres, valued at $3000. There is no manse. The township was 
settled in 1834 by emigrants from Islay, Argyleshire, with a few 
from Cantyre and the north of Ireland- — chiefly Presbyterians. 
Visited at long intervals by different ministers of the Presbytery, 
there was no pastor settled here until the Rev. John Campbell, 
formerly assistant Minister of St. Andrews' Church, Kingston, was 
ordained in June, 1853. On the 22nd September, 1864, Mr. 
Campbell died. He was universally respected, and his name and 



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memory still linger like household words in the warm hearts of the 
Highlanders of Nottawasaga. Mr. Alexander McDonald, the pre- 
sent incumbent, was ordained and inducted to the charge on the 
81st January, 1866 ; it being expressly understood that in two 
years from that time the congregations should form two charges. 

55. Innisfil and Gwillimbury. 

This charge is composed of three congregations widely separated. 
The Rev. William McKillican, afterwards of St. Thomas, was Min- 
ister of Gwillimbury from 1835 to 1839. The Rev. John McMurchy 
was ordained at Bradford, then a part of the charge, in January, 
1842, and was translated to Eldon in 1844. The Rev. Alex. 
Ross, formerly of Woolwich, was appointed in 1846. He died at 
Bradford, 14th March, 1857, age 63. He was esteemed an able 
and learned man. The Rev. William McKee, the present Minister, 
who is a licentiate of the General Assembly of the Irish Presbyterian 
Church, and was for a short time connected with the Free Church 
in Canada, having been received by the Synod, was inducted in 
March, 1858. There are three places of worship. St. John's Church 
in the centre of the charge, and near the town of Bradford, is a neat 
structure ; that at the Scotch settlement is old and dilapidated, 
while the one at Innisfil is decidedly infra dig. There is no manse, 
but there is a lot of 18 acres of land within the town limits, which is 
valued at 11800. Bradford is situated on the margin of a dismal 
swamp through which the sluggish Holland River flows, in summer 
time exuding malaria as pestilential as the Pontine marshes. 

56. Newmarket. 

This takes its name from a small town on the Northern Rail- 
road, 34 miles from Toronto. The population of the place is about 
1200 ; the congregation is weak and scattered. The Church is a 
small brick building, and was used as a prison in 1837. The 
manse, not a very inviting structure, was purchased with the aid of 
the clergy reserve grant of <£150. A Colonel Graham, about the 
year 1813, bequeathed 40 acres of good land for a glebe, which 
has become valuable. In 1834 the Rev. Henry Gordon, from 



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Edinburgh, became the Minister of Newmarket and King. In 
1837 he was translated to Gananoque, where he now resides, a 
minister of the C. P. Church. He was succeeded in 1838 by the 
Rev. William Ritchie, a minister of the Church of Scotland, for- 
merly in Demerara. He left in 1842 and joined the Church of 
England (see 48). Twelve years' vacancy ensued, after which 
the Rev. John Brown, who is now the Minister, was inducted 30th 
August, 1854. He is a native of Scotland, was for some years 
assistant to Mr. Henderson of Tranent, and, subsequently, was for 
two years a Missionary in Florida. 

The vicinity of Newmarket is chiefly settled by Quakers, 
known variously as " orthodox," " heterodox," and " Hicksite" 
Quakers. Besides these there are the "Davtdites!" whose 
views are a queer mixture of Deism, Quakerism, and Universal- 
ism. At Sharon they have two temples ; the greater is a gorgeous, 
ill-shapen edifice, adorned with a cupola and a variety of ornaments 
in tin. In this strange rites are celebrated on the recurrence of 
certain festivals. They take their name from old David Wilson, 
now deceased, and to whom posterity will most likely assign a place 
in the list of deluded fanatics. There are other " ites" and 
44 isms," excrescences of Christianity innumerable, in the neigh- 
bourhood of Newmarket, and, from all I could learn, the state of 
religion and morality in the community is at a low ebb. In the 
middle of fields, on Yonge Street, long considered the garden of 
Canada, I observed huge mounds of wheat straw that had not 
been housed nor threshed, but, blasted with mildew and weevil, it 
had been thrown on heaps to rot. The prophet Haggai must 
have witnessed some such sight, under some such circumstances, 
when he gave utterance to the words, " Ye looked for much, and 
lo, it came to little. Why ? saith the Lord of Hosts. Because of 
mine house that is waste, and ye run every man to his own house. 
Therefore the heaven over you is stayed from dew, and the earth 
is stayed from her fruit." 

57. King. 

This is a section of the charge over which Mr. Gordon, now of 
Gananoque, was placed in 1834. The present Minister, the Rev. 
John Tawse, was ordained and inducted on the 8th of March, 1837. 



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It included at that time several preaching stations. In October , 
1860, owing to failing health and strength, though with a deter- 
mination not to cease from duty, even in old age, Mr. Tawse con- 
sented to the settlement of a minister in West King, by which he 
was in a great measure relieved from travelling. There is a good 
stone Church at King, but neither manse nor glebe. 

58. West King. 

In 1860, a large and well-finished stone Church having been 
erected on a piece of ground given by Mr. Ross, a member of the 
congregation, a call was given to Mr. James Carmichael, who 
was ordained and inducted on the 2nd of October in that year. 
A good manse has recently been built. This is a fine country 
charge, and the people are liberal. Mr. Carmichael officiates in 
Gaelic and English ; he never preaches seldomer than thrice on 
Sabbath, often four times, and not unfrequently he delivers five 
sermons in one day. 

59. Yaughan. 

This is another large, wealthy, and liberal congregation. There are 
two Churches ; that at Maple village is new and very neat, the other 
in the 7th concession is smaller and plain. There is a good manse, 
within five minutes' walk from a station on the Northern Railway. . 
The glebe comprises seven acres. The Rev. Peter McNaughton 
came to Canada under the auspices of the Glasgow Colonial Socie- 
ty, having been ordained by the Presbytery of Auchterarder with 
a view to Eldon and Thorah, in March, 1833. Shortly after his 
arrival, however, he selected another sphere of labour, and was in- 
ducted to the charge of Yaughan, on the 21st of August following. 
In July 1844, he demitted this charge, returned to Scotland, and 
became Minister of the parish of Dores. In September, 1847, he 
was re-translated to Yaughan, and in December of the following 
year was translated to Pickering (see 44) . The charge remained 
vacant until the 20th of July, 1858, when Mr. Donald Ross, now 
of Dundee, was ordained and inducted. He resigned in 1865. The 
Rev. William Aitken, the present Minister, was inducted in Novem- 
ber, 1865. He is a native of Linlithgow, Scotland, and came to 



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Canada in 1864, designated by the Colonial Committee to Cobourg. 
where he remained one year. 

The Mission Stations within the bounds are numerous, and 
have been cared for with an assiduity and success worthy of the 
large and influential Presbytery of Toronto. Among these may be 
mentioned Purple Hill, near Cremore, where a frame Church has 
been erected ; North Mulmur ; Osprey, where the sacrament was 
dispensed last summer to 25 communicants ; New Lowell, with 
about 25 families adhering to the Church ; Sunnydale and Bonny- 
town have each a like number ; and other places there are, the 
particulars of which escaped my notice. 

VI. — PRESBYTERY OF KINGSTON. 

This Presbytery met for the first time at York on the 6th of 
August, 1833. Sederunt, the Revs. Jolia Machar, Kingston, 
James Ketchan, Belleville, andMathew Millar of Cobourg. Notices 
of the first two will be found under the headings of their respective 
congregations. The Rev.- Mathew Millar was among the first of 
the missionaries sent to Canada by the Glasgow Society, and is said 
to have been a young man of great promise. He was drowned in 
the Bay of Quinte. When travelling on the ice from Kingston 
towards Cobourg, he drove into an open part ; the horse, sleigh^ 
and body of the deceased Minister were discovered the following 
day. He was buried at Adolphustown, but his remains were 
afterwards taken up and re-interred at Cobourg. The Presby- 
tery, having commenced with five congregations, reached its 
maximum in 1844, when there were eleven Ministers with charges 
on its roll. In 1841 occurred the second break in its ranks. 
The Rev. Robert McDowall, of Fredericksburgh, died. He had 
been sent to Canada as early as 1798 by the Classis of Albany 
in connection with the Dutch Reformed Church, and had laboured 
zealously and successfully in the Province for upwards of 40 
years. In September, 1844, when the Presbytery met, Dr. 
Machar and Mr. Neill were then the only Ministers having charges 
on the roll ! Since that time, although the bounds of the Presby- 
tery have been greatly lessened, five Churches and an equal num- 
ber of manses have been built. It comprises at present seven 



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charges, besides mission stations. The Professors of Queen's Col- 
lege, being ordained Ministers, are, by act of Synod, members of the 
Presbytery and Synod. The number of such Professors is at pre- 
sent four. 

60. Pittsburgh. 

This is a country charge, ten miles below Kingston. The Church 
and manse, which are new and substantially built of stone, are both 
tasteful and finely situated. The charge itself is of recent forma- 
tion, the present Minister, Mr. William Bell, being the first. He is 
a son of the late Rev. Andrew Bell, and having been for a short 
time assistant to Dr. Machar of Kingston, he was ordained to the 
office of the Ministry at Pittsburgh, 6th October, 1863, on the same 
day that the Church was opened for worship. For many years 
previous to this, however, as a mission station, it had been supplied 
with regular services from the Professors in the College and others 
chiefly through the efforts of the Ladies' Missionary Association 
of St. Andrew's Church, Kingston. * 

61. Kingston. 

The City of Kingston is situated at the foot of Lake Ontario, and 
not far from the head of the far-famed Lake of the Thousand Islands. 

the Chief Military Station of the Province of Ontario, and 
lias a population of about 15,000. It is one of the oldest settled 
localities in Upper Canada, and occupies the site of the French fort 
of Frontenac : it was founded in 1784 and incorporated in 1838. 

The Rev. John Barclay — the son of a Scottish Minister and 
born in the manse of Kettle, Fifeshire, — was the first pastor of St. 
Andrew's Church. His Ministry commenced in 1821. He was 
educated in Edinburgh, and was a man of great worth, eminent for 
his gifts and piety. The Church, which is a plain but a commo- 
dious building, was erected immediately after his arrival, and opened 
for worship in 1822. It is built on an acre of ground obtained from 
Government and deeded to certain persons named in trust, with this 

* Since this was written Pittsburgh has become vacant by the resignation of 
Mr. Bell, who has been on a visit to Scotland for several months, for the benefit 
of his health. 



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specialty, " that it shall be for a Church in connection with the 
Established Church of Scotland, having a clergyman in communion 
with the same forever." Mr. Barclay died on the 26th of Sep- 
tember, 1828, in the 30th year of his age. The Rev. John Machar 
succeeded him in 1827. This worthy Minister was a native of 
Brechin, Scotland, who studied at Aberdeen, and also at Edinburgh, 
under Dr. Chalmers. On receiving license he became assistant to 
the parish Minister of Logie, and came to Canada on the nomination 
of the Presbytery of Edinburgh, by whom he was ordained for 
this charge. He was chairman of the convention held in 
Kingston on the 7th June, 1831, which resulted in the first meeting 
of the Synod of our Church on the following day. Mr. Machar was 
acting Principal of Queen's College from 1846 to 1853, during 
which period Glasgow University conferred on him the degree of 
Doctor in Divinity. Having long laboured, faithfully and success 
fully, in his Heavenly Master's service, he departed this life the 7th 
of February, 1863, in the 65th year of his age, and the 35th of his 
Ministry. The Rev. William Maxwell Ingiis, assistant Minister of 
St. Andrew's Church, Montreal, was chosen as Dr. Machar's succes- 
sor, and inducted to the charge in August, 1863. He was born in 
Edinburgh, was licensed by the Presbytery of Fordyce in 1861, 
and he received his appointment to Montreal while he was assis- 
tant in Xew Gray Eriars, Edinburgh. The Church 
fine site in the upper part of the City. The manse adjoining it * s 
a handsome cut stone edifice, built some ten years ago through the 
efforts of the Ladies of the Congregation. The garden and grounds 
are well planned, the whole forming a very valuable property. The 
Congregation is large and well organized. As will be seen on 
reference to the statistical table, its Sabbath Schools have the 
largest attendance of any in the Church. Mr. John Paton, who 
originated the Juvenile Mission to India, and has always manifested 
a deep interest in it, is also superintendent of St. Andrew's 
Church Sabbath School. 

62. Roslix and Thurlow. 

These are two small country Congregations, which, from being 
mission stations, were erected into a charge under Mr. James 
McCaul, who was ordained and inducted as the first Minister, 24th 

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August, 18G4. In 1840 the Rev. James Ketchan, then Minister of 
Belleville, had a church built at Roslin. (Subsequently, a station was 
opened at Melrose, and these two were formed into a charge, and a 
Minister of the C. P. Church set over them at two different times. 
Since Mr. McCaul's Ministry began, however, all the Presbyterians 
in this neighbourhood have united with the Church of Scotland. 
Through his instrumentality a good brick Church was erected at 
Thurlow, about seven miles from Roslin. There are several Sabbath 
Schools in connection with these congregations — numbering in all 
180 scholars. Since the time of my visit Mr. McCaul has been 
translated to Melbourne, and this charge is now vacant. 

63. Belleville. 

In the year 1821 one acre of land was granted by Government 
as a site for a Presbyterian Church in connection with the Church 
of Scotland. The present edifice was built on that site in 1830. 
Though considered at the time a goodly structure, it has been 
thrown in the shade by some of the splendid Churches of the present 
day, for which Belleville enjoys an enviable distinction. In answer 
to a petition addressed to the Presbytery of Edinburgh, the Rev. 
James Ketchan was sent to this place in 1831, and became the 
Minister. He remained, officiating with much acceptance, until 
1844, when, with leave of the Presbytery, he returned to Scotland 
on a visit. While there, he became connected with the Free Church 
and accepted a call to the charge of Mordington, in Berwickshire, 
where he still resides. The Rev. James George, now of Strat- 
ford, who was inducted to this charge in October, 1847, resigned 
in May following. From that time the Congregation remained 
vacant until the 13th of November, 1850, when the Rev. William 
McEwan was inducted. In the meantime a numerous and influential 
Free Church Congregation had been established, and the number 
of our adherents reduced to very few. Mr. McEwan resigned in 
1853 and was translated to N. Dorchester (19). The Rev. Archibald 
Walker, a native of Renton, Scotland, and for two years Chapel 
Minister of Bannockburn, was ordained and inducted to Belleville 
10th May, 1854. The Congregation is not large, but, according 
to their numbers, they are liberal. An excellent manse was erected 
a few years ago, and the prospects are encouraging. 



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64. Stirling. 

While this charge was yet a mission station, Messrs. Neill of 
Seymour and Walker of Belleville officiated at frequent intervals. 
The two brothers, Messrs. John and Peter Lindsay — the former of 
whom has since gone to " the better country" — had each been 
stationed here as missionaries, but no Minister was settled prior to 
the induction of the present incumbent, the Rev. Alexander 
Buchan, in March, 1856. Then, the Church was unfinished, and 
there was no manse. Since that time a tasteful manse has been 
built, the Church has been completed, numerous improvments have 
been effected, and much good of a far more important kind has been 
accomplished, it is hoped, through the stated services which have 
been regularly maintained at the village of Stirling, as well as at 
Huntingdon, a station six miles distant. Mr. Buchan is a native of 
Perthshire, who having received license from the Presbytery of 
Dalkeith, came to Canada as a missionary from the Colonial Com- 
mittee, and was ordained by the Presbytery of Quebec to the 
charge of Leeds and St. Sylvestre, 17th October, 1842. He 
returned to Scotland in 1844, and in 1855 came again to this 
country under a renewed commission from the Colonial Committee. 
The Congregation is not large. 

65. Seymour. 

The Township of this name, 27 miles north from Belleville, was 
settled about 85 years ago, chiefly by Scotch, among whom were a 
number of retired officers of the army and navy. It is a pretty 
undulating country, and the farmers are in comfortable circum- 
stances. The Rev. Robert Neill is the first Minister of the Congre- 
gation, and was ordained here 29th January, 1840. He is a 
native of Scotland, and came to Canada in 1837 at the instance of 
the Glasgow Colonial Society. After having filled the pulpit of 
St. Andrew's Church in Montreal for 6 months, he spent some time 
at Valcartier, and was also for 12 months assistant to Dr. Machar 
of Kingston. When he came to Seymour the country was quite 
new ; there were neither roads, churches, nor school houses. He 
preached at first in a store-house, with a packing box for his 
reading desk. The first Church edifice was opened for worship 



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15th November, 1840. A large and well finished stone Church has 
recently been completed. There is a good manse with 12 acres of 
valuable glebe. The Congregation is large and prosperous. 

66. Wolfe Island. 

This Island, 21 miles long and 4 miles in width, is opposite 
Kingston, and distant from that city three miles. Its population is 
about 3600 : one-half are Roman Catholics, the remainder, Episco- 
palians, Presbyterians, and Methodists, in 1855 steps were first 
taken for the erection of a Presbyterian Church, and from that 
time regular services were maintained by Professors and students 
of Queen's College, the expenses attending the mission having been 
largely supplied by the members of the Congregation in Kingston, 
and by their good minister Dr. Machar. On the 22nd of August, 
1860, Mr. George Porteous, the present minister, was ordained and 
inducted. The Church is comfortably seated for 200, and there 
is a good manse but no glebe. The Congregation, which is not 
large, is very much scattered. 

Camden, in this Presbytery, has been vacant since 1859. The 
Rev. Thomas Scott, its first minister, was the incumbent from June, 
1848, till February, 1852, when he was translated to Williams- 
burgh. The Rev. William E. McKay, now of Orange ville, was also 
minister of this place from 1856 to 1859. There is a glebe of 50 
acres at Camden, and an investment of $200, but there is neither 
Church nor manse. The mining regions of Madoc and Marmora 
are occupied by the Presbytery as mission fields. 

VII. PRESBYTERY OF MONTREAL. 

It is not easy to determine, precisely, when the first Meeting of 
he Presbytery of this name occurred. The earliest of which any 
record remains, however, is that held in 1803, for the ordination 
of Mr. Sommer ville, the tenor whereof follows ; " Montreal, 17th 
September, 1803. The former Presbytery of Montreal having been 
by unfortunate circumstances dissolved, the Rev. Mr. John Bethune, 
Minister of the Gospel at Glengarry in Upper Canada, formerly a 
member of the said Presbytery, and the Rev. Mr. Alexander Spark, 



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Minister of the Gospel at Quebec, conceiving it would be for the 
good of Religion to form a connection and constitute themselves 
into a Presbytery, did accordingly meet at Montreal, this 17th day 
of September, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred 
and three, and, after prayers, the said Ministers, together with Mr. 
Duncan Fisher, elder, took their seats. The Rev. Mr. John Bethune 
was chosen moderator, the Rev. Mr. Alexander Spark, clerk. 
Absent, the elder from Glengarry, and the elder from Quebec. 
The Presbytery agreed that they shall be known and addressed by 
the name and style of the Presbytery of Montreal." 

Mr. Sommerville was ordained to the office of the Ministry in 
St. Gabriel Street Church, by this Presbytery, at the date above men- 
tioned, which having been clone, the Court adjourned to meet on the 
third Monday of February following. There is no record, however, of 
subsequent Meetings, and it is likely that except in special cases, 
such as that for which it was formed, it never met. There can be 
little doubt that the " former Presbytery " referred to was the first 
that was constituted in Canada, and, as is remarked by Mr. Kemp, 
Messrs. Bethune, Spark, and Young, with their elders, must have 
been its members. 

In the year 1818, there was formed " the Presbytery of the 
Canadas," composed chiefly of ministers belonging to the Associate 
Church of Scotland. It was dissolved at the end of two years, soon 
after which the United Presbytery of Upper Canada was consti- 
tuted, and, in course of time, the United Synod, which continued its 
meetings until 1840, when its members to the number of 18, were 
received into connection with the Church of Scotland. The first 
meeting of the Presbytery, as now constituted, was held in Montreal 
on the 5th October, 1841, in terms of the decision of the Pres- 
bytery of Quebec, dividing the said Presbytery into two Presbyteries, 
namely, of Quebec and Montreal. In July, 1846, the Presbytery 
of Quebec ceased to exist, became incorporated with that of Mon- 
treal, and so continued until June, 1855, when it was re-organized. 

Besides the Island of Montreal, and the settlements on the North 
Shore of the Ottawa, this Presbytery now includes that part of 
Canada East on the South side of the St. Lawrence lying between 
the St. John River, and the province line at St. Regis. Included 
in these limits is the Seignory of Beauharnois, six leagues square, 



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which was granted in 1729, by the then reigning Monarch of France, 
to Charles Marquis of Beauharnois, at that time Governor of "La 
Nouvelle France," with the usual Seignorial rights. It was sold 
in 1763 to the Marquis de Lotbiniere for about £2000 currency. 
In 1795, it passed into the hands of the late Hon. Edward Ellice, 
for £9000. And in 1839, it was transferred to a London land 
Company for £150,000 sterling ! Mr. Ellice was thereafter a 
leading partner in the concern, and it is due to him and his repre- 
sentatives to say that they have always been kind friends of the 
Church. To them we are indebted for glebes at Georgetown, Orms- 
town, Beechridge, and St. Louis, while the Church at Beauharnois, 
erected many years ago by Mr. Ellice, has, together with 12 acres 
of valuable land, been recently handed over in a free gift to the 
Congregation. 

67. Hemmingford. 

A Township and small village about 40 miles south from Montreal, 
give name to this charge. The Rev. John Merlin, a native of Ireland, 
and a minister of the United Synod of Upper Canada, was settled 
here in 1822. In 1841 he was received into connection with the 
Church of Scotland, and continued his ministrations in this place 
until 1855, when he retired on his commutation allowance. He 
died at Hemmingford, in December, 1866. The present minister, 
the Rev. James Patterson, was inducted in September, 1858. 
Having received licence from the Presbytery of Dunoon, he offi- 
ciated for two years at Ardentinny before coming to Canada. The 
Congregation, which numbers 60 families, is well organized. The 
Church, built in 1843, is a stone edifice, not beautiful. Jl very 
tasteful and comfortable brick manse was erected in 1858. There 
•is a glebe of 50 arpents. 

68. Russeltown Flats. 

About ten miles west from Hemmingford we have this small and v 
scattered congregation. The French element is in the ascendancy 
in this part of the country. " The Canadians,'' as they love to be 
called, are gradually ousting the " Old Countrymen." Hence, 
Russeltown Congregation has not increased of late, but rather fallen 



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off in numbers. Through the instrumentality of a Mrs. Forbes, a 
frame Church was erected in the Township in 1826, for the use of 
the Protestant population. It was supplied by Ministers of various 
denominations until the settlement of the Rev. Archibald H. Milli- 
gan, who was inducted to the charge 13th June, 1853. At this time 
the Church was deeded by Mrs. Forbes, to trustees of the Church 
of Scotland in Canada, on condition of certain repairs, which were 
made accordingly. Mr. Milligan died suddenly in Montreal, 7th 
February, 1855. On the 21st November following, the Rev. F. 
P. Sym, formerly of Woodstock, became the minister, and remained 
until 1860, when he was translated to Beauharnois. The Rev. 
William Masson, the present incumbent, succeeded in October of 
the same year. He is a native of Morayshire, was licensed by the 
Presbytery of Elgin, and came to Canada in 1856. He served for 
two years as a missionary in the Presbytery of Hamilton, and was 
two years Minister of St. John's Church, in the City of Hamilton 
(its first and last minister). There is a good glebe of 40 arpents, 
and the Congregation with much spirit and liberality have com- 
menced to build a new manse. 

69. Beech Ridge. 

This charge has its centre about ten miles from the last named, 
and is largely composed of Highlanders from Inverness and Ross- 
shires. The Rev. Thomas McPherson, now of Lancaster, became its 
first minister in December, 1836, and remained until 1843. Nearly 
11 years of a vacancy followed, the Rev. John McDonald, the 
present minister, having been inducted in November, 1854. The 
stone Church, erected in 1831, is in good repair, and there is an 
excellent manse with a glebe of 40 arpents of fine land. 

70. Beauharnois. 

Though not large, this is an interesting and well organized charge. 
The town, which is prettily situated near the foot of the Cascade 
Rapids, on the St. Lawrence, has 1500 inhabitants, the greater part 
of whom are French, and this is the only Protestant Congregation 
in it. The- Rev. Walter Roach was ordained first minister of Beau- 
harnois, St. Louis, and Chateauguay, 21st November, 1833, these 



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united Congregations then numbering 40 families. Born in Edin- 
burgh, Mr. Roach was educated in his native City. As minister 
of these Congregations he was much respected. He died 27th 
August, 1849. In March, 1851, the Rev. Thomas Haig, formerly 
of Brockville, was inducted. He retired from the ministry in 1858, 
and died at Lachine in 1866. The Rev. Prosper Louis Leger, a 
native of La Charante, France, and a student of Queen's College, 
was ordained and inducted to Beauharnois, 10th March, 1859. He 
was beloved and respected by all, but his ministerial career was 
brief : he died on the 26th of November following, eight short 
months after his induction, in the 25th year of his age. The Rev. 
Frederick P. Sym (22), was inducted in July, 1860, and is still 
Minister. 

The Church is, internally, particularly neat and confortable, and 
on its walls are several beautifully executed marble tablets to the 
memory of faithful ministers who have gone to their reward. It oc- 
cupies a fine site, and was built about 35 years ago by the Seignor of 
Beauharnois, It has lately been made over to Trustees in con- 
nection with the Church of Scotland. There is a good manse but 
no glebe. In connection with the charge there is a small brick 
church at Chateauguay, in which the minister of Beauharnois offi- 
ciates once a fortnight, 

71. St. Louis de Gonzague. 

This charge was separated from Beauharnois in 1850, and Mr. 
James T. Paul was ordained and inducted as its Minister on the 5th 
of June that year. In 1865 he retired on his commutation allow- 
ance : since that time it has been vacant, with the exception of such 
supplies as the Presbytery could send. A good many of its former 
members having connected themselves with other churches, it is 
now a weak charge. There is a good glebe, however, and, thanks 
to the Clergy Reserve's Manse and Glebe Fund, an excellent 
stone manse. The Congregation worship in a small log building 
which was put up for this purpose in 1842. 

72. Lachine. 

A Congregation was first collected at Lachine in 1818, through 
the labours of the Rev. Hugh Kirkland, a young Minister who came 



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from Ireland in that year. He was inducted to the charge in 
January, 1818, and left in May of the following year, for the 
United States. In October, 1820, the Rev. William Brunton, from 
Scotland, began to minister to them. He resided in Montreal, and 
demitted his charge in 1822. The Reverends Henry Esson and 
Edward Black, of St. Gabriel Street Church, discharged the clerical 
duties of the Congregation until October, 1831, when Mr. Alexan- 
der Gale, a nephew of Mr. Esson's, arrived from Upper Canada, 
and was appointed by the Presbytery to act as Missionary. He 
was ordained and inducted the following year. In November, 1833, 
he left for Hamilton, C. W. Mr. J ohn Taylor arrived from Scotland 
in July, 1834, and became pastor of the Congregation in October 
following. He resigned in 1813, and, returning to Scotland, 
received a presentation to the parish of Drummelzier, Peebleshire, 
where he died a few years ago. He was followed in Lachine by 
the Rev. William Simpson, the present minister, in March, 1811. 
Mr. Simpson is a native of Stirling, and was licensed in 1830, by 
the Presbytery of Old Light Burghers. He was received by the 
Church of Scotland in 1839, and came to Canada the following 
year, as a Missionary. 

The Church, which was erected in 1833, has been put into a good 
state of repair, and is now very comfortable. There is an excellent 
manse, and two acres of land, including the church site, originally 
a gift from the heirs of the late John Grant. The Congregation is 
not large, but, according to their means and numbers, they are 
liberal. 

73. Duxdee. 

For some years previous to the settlement of a Minister, this Con- 
gregation was much indebted to the late Rev. John McKenzie, of Wil- 
liamstown, for occasional services. Mr. Duncan Moody, a licentiate 
of Ayr Presbytery, came to Dundee as an ordained Missionary from 
the Church of Scotland. He was inducted to the charge in Decem- 
ber, 1835, and remained in it until his death, which occurred on the 
5th January, 1855. He was much respected, and the Congregation 
flourished in his time. In 1837 the present Church was erected, 
which now looks a good deal the worse for wear. Steps, however, are 
being taken to replace it with a much larger and better one. Mr. 



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J ohn Livingstone, a native of Nova Scotia,was ordained and inducted 
to this charge in November, 1859. He was a young man of great 
promise and much beloved by his congregation. He died on the 15th 
of August 1880, aged 27. The Rev. John Cameron, also a Nova 
Scotian, who had received his education at Glasgow, and had 
returned to his native Province as an ordained Missionary, during 
leave of absence, visited Canada in 1881, and was received by the 
Presbytery of Montreal. In June following he was inducted to 
Dundee. He was released from the charge in February, 1885, 
on his being presented to the parish of Castlehill, Campbellton, 
Scotland. On the 8th of March, 1888, the present minister, the 
Rev. Donald Ross, formerly of Southwold, and, singularly enough, 
also a Nova Scotian, was inducted. The prospects of the congre- 
gation are on the whole encouraging. 

74. Elgin. 

This was formerly a branch of the Huntingdon charge which, in 
1883, was separated from it and placed under the care of the Rev. 
William Cochrane, an ordained Missionary from the Colonial Com- 
mittee. In September, 1888, he was formally inducted as its Minis- 
ter. There is a plain substantial stone church which was built in 
1859. An excellent manse was erected last summer. There is no 
glebe. The contributions of the Congregation, for all purposes, 
have been very liberal. 

75. Huntingdon. 

The Rev. Wm. Montgomery Walker, the first Minister of the Con- 
gregation, came from Scotland. He was licensed by the Presbytery 
of Irvine ; ordained by the Presbytery of Montreal in October, 
1834 ; was soon after inducted to this charge, and continued to dis- 
charge the duties of its pastor with singular ability till 1844, 
when he received a presentation to the parish of Ochiltree, 
Ayrshire, of which he is still Minister. Mr. Alexander Wallace, a 
native of Glasgow, educated at Queen's College, was ordained and 
inducted in 1845. A frame Church was erected in 1833 which 
stood until the present large and well finished stone edifice was 
opened for worship in 1863. There is a glebe of 50 arpents, but 
as yet, no manse. 



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Athelstane, a station four miles from Huntingdon, is a part of 
this charge. 

76. Georgetown. 

This is the oldest Congregation in the county of Beauharnois, 
and its membership (308) is larger than that of any other country 
congregation in the Church. The settlement of the Township dates 
from 1824, and the first clergyman settled among them was the 
Rev. Mr. McWattie, a dissenting Minister whose services, how- 
ever, appear to have been somewhat irregular and unsatisfactory. 
The Hon. Edward Ellice,late Seignor of Beauharnois, made a grant 
of 75 acres of land for a glebe, in February, 1830, on which the 
people erected a plain wooden place of worship. Mr. McWattie died 
about 1831. During the vacancy that followed, Dr. Mathieson, of 
Montreal, made frequent visits to this part of the country, and it is 
recorded that several of the couples married by Mr. McWattie, 
were, years after, remarried by the Dr. for the purpose of legitimatiz- 
ing the children born of these unions : for, in those days, marriages 
by dissenting ministers were not recognized as legal. In August, 
1831, application was made to the Glasgow Colonial Society for a 
Minister from the national Church. This resulted in the appoint- 
ment of the Rev. Archibald Colquhoun, who was ordained by the 
Presbytery of Lochcarron, 14th July, 1832, and inducted to George- 
town on the 14th November following. Soon after, Mr. C. received 
and accepted a call to Dummer and Otanabee, where he remained 
until 1853, and was thence translated to Mulmur (53). Georgetown 
was declared vacant 4th June, 1835. In the spring of 1836 the Rev. 
James Creighton Muir arrived in Canada — a Missionary from the 
Glasgow Colonial Society. Having received a call to Georgetown, 
he was ordained and inducted in September of that year, and under 
him has grown up a large and flourishing Congregation. On the 
6th of October, 1858, the Senatus Academicus of Queen's University 
conferred on Mr. Muir the degree of Doctor in Divinity, and, 
at the same time, a similar honour upon the late Rev. Alex. 
McGillivray of McLennan's Mountain, N. S. Although the Royal 
Charter, granting power to confer degrees bears date 1841, this 
is the first instance in which the University exercised the right, 
and, on this account, the honour was greatly enhanced. A fine new 



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stone Church was erected at Georgetown in 1851 at a cost of $-1800. 
An excellent brick manse was built in 1857, near the Church, 
and beautifully situated on the River Chateauguay. 

77. Ormstown. 

This charge, originally a branch of Georgetown Congregation, 
was separated from it during the incumbency of Mr. Colquhoun, 
in 1835. The Rev. James Anderson, a native of Cromarty, edu- 
cated at Aberdeen, was its first minister. He was inducted 14th 
July, 1835. He died 6th April, 1861, aged 64. He was a good 
and useful Minister. The Rev. James Sieveright, formerly of Mel- 
bourne, succeeded in February, 1862. After an incumbency of 
three years he was translated to Chelsea (114). The Rev. W. C. 
Clark, formerly of Middleville, was inducted in April, 1865, and is 
now the Minister. The frame Church, erected in 1834, having 
served its day, it is proposed to build a new one, and for this pur- 
pose a sum of 14,000 has already been subscribed. There is a 
large and well finished brick manse on a fine site, and a glebe 
of 50 arpents. All the Presbyterians here are united, and 
prospects are encouraging. There is a good agricultural country 
in the neigbourhood, and the farmers, chiefly Lowland Scotch, are 
wealthy. 

78. Laprairie. 

The Reverends Dr. Mathieson and Dr. Black conducted regular 
Sabbath services at Laprairie for a number of years previous to the 
arrival of the Rev. David Black, who was ordained and inducted to 
the charge, 19th October, 1837. In 1841 he removed to Ste. The'- 
rese. He joined in the dissent and protest of 1844, and at that time 
left the Church. Having retired from active duty he now resides 
at Chateauguay. 

The Rev. John Davidson, now of N. Williamsburgh, succeeded 
in 1844. Remaining till 1849 he removed to New Carlisle. The Rev. 
John Moffat, an ordained Missionary from Scotland, was inducted to 
Laprairie and Longueuil 18th November, 1858. He resigned in 
1860. The Rev. John Barr who had officiated for a year previous 
as Missionary was inducted 3rd June, 1867. There is a good 



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brick Church comfortably seated for 150. There is neither glebe 
nor manse, but vigorous efforts are being made to provide the lat- 
ter. 

The City of Montreal. 

It seems strange that in Montreal no monument has been erected 
to the memory of Jacques Cartier, the first European who entered 
the little Indian Tillage of Hochelaga, in 1535. His eventful visit 
was fraught with important results to the future Commercial Capital 
of the Country, which was founded a century later and named 
66 Yille Marie !? by a French Company that had for its object " the 
conversion and civilization of the Aborigines." The nucleus of the 
infant city was a School of morality and industry " around which 
gathered such of the neighbouring natives as had been Christened 
or desired to be so." At this time the European population in 
Canada did not exceed two hundred souls. On the 8th of September, 
1T60, Montreal was finally delivered up to the British, at which 
time it was ;; a well peopled town, of an oblong form, surrounded 
by a wall flanked with eleven redoubts and a ditch of eight feet 
deep : it had also a fort or citadel which commanded the streets of 
the town from one end of it to the other." Fifty years later there 
were no wharves at Montreal, but " ships lay moored to the clayey 
and filthy bank of the city." No floating palaces to convey its 
citizens speedily and securely up and down the noble St. Lawrence. 
No railway linked town to town. A journey to Toronto was then 
a more serious matter than a voyage across the Atlantic at the pre- 
sent time. But now, how great the change ! Its population has 
reached 125,000 : its narrow dingy streets have, as if by magic, 
been widened and adorned with a gorseousness of Architecture that 
excels in outward effect the palaces of u Genoa La Superba !" The 
genius of a Stephenson has given to it one of the most splendid 
achievements of engineering skill — the Victoria Bridge — by which 
this great centre of commerce is connected with all the most impor- 
tant points of the continent. Nor has its progress been confined to 
trade and commerce. The religious and charitable Institutions of 
Montreal are numerous and well sustained. Three-fourths of its 
inhabitants profess the Roman Catholic faith, yet, there are thirty- 
two Protestant Churches in the city. As there has been a very 



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large increase since the last decennial census was taken, in 1861, 
the figures which follow afford only an approximate estimate of the 
relative proportions of the Protestant inhabitants, — in that year there 
were about 10,000 Episcopalians, 5000 belonging to the Church of 
Scotland, 3500 to the Canada Presbyterian Church, and about 3750 
Methodist. The Church of Scotland is represented at present by 
four Congregations, as follows. 

79. St. Gabriel's, Montreal. 

Previous to the close of the American Revolutionary war the Pres- 
byterians resident in Montreal were few in number. After that, 
however, they obtained yearly accessions from the old country, as 
well as from the United States. For some time they were depen- 
dent on the services rendered them by successive military chaplains. 
One of these, the Rev. John Bethune, chaplain to the 84th Regi- 
ment, having retired from military duty, appears to have been instru- 
mental in organizing the first Congregation in Montreal. They met 
for worship in a large room that was hired for the purpose. The 
first service held there by Mr. Bethune was on the 12th March, 
1786, and the last, on the 6th May, 1787. Want of adequate support 
is alleged to have been the reason of his leaving so soon. There 
may have been another reason, however, in the fact that having 
received from Government a grant of land in Glengary, which 
began about this time to be pretty thickly settled by Scottish Pres- 
byterians, Mr. Bethune very probably was led by a sense of duty, 
as well as interest, to go there ; at all events he took up his residence 
at Williamstown in 1787, and there continued to labour faithfully in 
his Master's service until his death, which occurred on the 23rd Sep- 
tember, 1815. [See 90). The Rev., John Young succeeded 
him in Montreal. A licentiate of the Presbytery of Irvine, he had 
come from Beith, Scotland, and was in 1787 settled at a place 
called Curry's Bush, near Schenectady, U. S. He first visited Mon- 
treal in the year 1790 ; his second visit was in 1791. On the 18th 
September in that year the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was for 
the first time administered by him, in accordance with the usages of 
the Church of Scotland, in the Recollet Roman Catholic Church, 
the use of which had been kindly allowed the Congregation while 



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their own Church was being built. The Recollet Fathers politely 
refused any pecuniary remuneration from " the Society of Presby- 
terians," as they were then called, but were induced to accept of a 
present in acknowledgement of their good offices, and which consis- 
ted of two Hogsheads of Spanish wine, containing 60 odd gallons 
each, and a box of candles, amounting in all to £14.2.4. Mr. Hun- 
ter, whose manuscript I have followed closely in the history of this 
Church, was himself a leading member of it from the very first ; he 
closes his account of the interesting presentation alluded to with the 
quaint remark, — " they were quite thankful for the same." On 
the 2nd of April, 1792, the site of the present St. Gabriel 
Street Church was purchased for £100, and in six months the 
Church was completed at a cost of about £1000. It was opened 
for worship 7th October, 1792. In 1791 Mr. Young and his Con- 
gregation petitioned to be taken under the care of the Presbytery 
of Albany, and they so remained until 1793, when they were dis- 
missed to join a Presbytery then formed in Canada under the name 
of "the Presbj^tery of Montreal." 

Mr. Young officiated for the last time in Montreal on the 2nd 
of August, 1802. At that time he went to Newark [now Nia- 
gara,] where he remained a short period ; he removed thence to the 
neighbourhood of Lake Champlain for four years ; afterwards, to 
Lunenburgh in Nova Scotia and, lastly, to Truro in the same Pro- 
vince, where he died and was buried. The Rev. Robert Forrest next 
came to Montreal from Scotland, via New York, in April, 1803. At 
this time he preached for five Sabbaths to the congregation, after 
which he went back to the States, and soon after, returned to 
Montreal, but not to St. Gabriel Street Church. Meanwhile, a new 
King had arisen who knew not Joseph ! in the person of the Rev. 
James Sommerville, a licentiate of the Relief Presbytery of Glasgow, 
who arrived in Quebec in 1802 under an engagement as a teacher 
of youth, and, having been ordained by the Rev. Mr. Spark and 
the Rev.- Mr. Bethune, was inducted to this charge 18th September, 
1803. Says one who knew him well : '* Perhaps no other Congre- 
gation ever acted with more continued liberality towards a Minister. 
Even when the aberrations of mind with which he was frequently 
affected, rendered it necessary for him to abstain from public duties, 



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they still continued to grant him their support and affectionate 
regard." 

He was a warm hearted and benevolent man, and though for 
many years he took no active part in the duties of the pastorate, 
he retained his status till his death, which took place on the 2nd of 
June, 1837, in the 62nd year of his age. He bequeathed £1000 to 
be expended in the erection of a manse, for the future Minister of St. 
Gabriel Street Church, and £1000 for the benefit of the Natural His- 
tory Society of Montreal. Mr. Forrest having been denied admit- 
tance to St. Gabriel Street Church, on his return from the States, 
preached for a short time in the room, formerly occupied by Mr. 
Bethune. In the fall of 1803, he received a call from a Congrega- 
tion in New York, and left Montreal. The Rev. Robert Easton, for- 
merly Minister of Morpeth in Roxboroughshire, in connection with 
the Associate Reformed Synod of Scotland, succeeded Mr. Forrest 
in 1804. He and his Congregation continued to worship in that 
room until the 8th of M?rch, 1807, when the Church in St. Peter 
Street was opened for worship. In 1817 the Rev. Henry Esson came 
as assistant and successor to Mr. Sommerville. The Rev. Edward 
Black who arrived in Montreal in 1822, was soon afterwards ordained 
and engaged as colleague with Mr. Esson in the assistantship. In 
1831, when a division occurred in the Congregation, Dr. Black left 
with the seceding party and founded the Congregation of St. Paul's. 
After Mr. Sommerville's death Mr, Esson continued to be Minister 
of the Charge until 1844, when, having joined the Free Church, 
he became a Professor in Knox College, Toronto. A vexatious 
and protracted lawsuit followed respecting the property, which was 
eventually settled by compromise in 1864. The Church of Scotland 
agreed to pay to the other party the sum of $5800, in consideration 
of which we were left in undisputed tenure of the Church and manse. 
And thus, after a lapse of 21 years, the oldest Presbyterian Church 
in the Province reverted to its Auld Mother Kirk. On the first 
Sabbath of December, 1865, it was re-opened for worship in con- 
nection with the Church of Scotland. The Rev. Robert Campbell,, 
formerly of Gait, was inducted to the charge 13th December, 1866. 
He found but a small number of adherents, the majority of the Con- 
gregation having by this time erected a new Church in another part 
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The work of reconstruction is, however, going on satisfactorily, 
and there is a good prospect that ere long a large Congregation may 
be established. 

The Church is in good repair, and is comfortably seated for about 
600 persons. The manse, on Sherbrooke street, a large cut-stone 
building, is valuable, and is rented at present for $480 per annum. 

80. St. Andrew's, Montreal. 

This Congregation branched off from St. Gabriel in the year 1803. 
The Rev. Robert Forrest, already mentioned (79) was its Minister, 
but he did not remain long. Having received a call from a con- 
gregation in New York, he left Montreal in the autumn of that year. 
His immediate successor, the Rev. Robert Easton, was instrumen- 
tal, as we have seen, in building a second Presbyterian Church in 
St. Peter Street. His health failing in 1824, a Mr. Hill was em- 
ployed to be his assistant. His labours, however, were of short 
duration, for he died suddenly of apoplexy, on the 4th of March that 
same year. The Rev. John Burns, M.A., was next chosen assistant 
to Mr. Easton ; he, having received ordination from the Presbytery 
of Edinburgh, began his duties in Montreal on the 11th July, 1824. 
At that time Mr. Easton retired upon an annuity of £150, which 
he received till his death, in 1851. Mr. Burns remained only 
about two years. In May, 1826, he resigned, and returned to 
Scotland. Previous to his arrival amongst them — on the 9th of 
July 1824 — a meeting of the Congregation had been held, when 
they declared themselves to be " Christians in connection with the 
Church of Scotland," and, very soon after, it was agreed to style 
the Church and Congregation by the name of " St. Andrew's." 
About the same time the action of a majority of the Congregation 
who insisted upon calling a Minister of the Church of Scotland 
" and none else" having been deemed too exclusive, the minority 
withdrew, and formed the American Presbyterian Congregation. 
It was agreed, however, that they should be allowed to worship 
in St. Peter Street Church until they had provided a place of 
worship for themselves. The Rev. Alexander Mathieson, the 
present Minister of the charge, and the father of the Church in 
Canada, was licensed by the Presbytery of Dunbarton in 1823, 

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ordained by the same on the 19th of October, 1826, arrived in 
Montreal on the 24th of December in that year, and was inducted 
on the Sabbath following. At that time the Congregation comprised 
about 1500, of whom 250 were Communicants. The Church was 
seated for 760, the average attendance being 650, and its total 
revenues about <£450. The minister's salary was £250, and the 
Sabbath School, believed to have been the first in our Church, num- 
bered sixty scholars, with seven teachers. Dr. Mathieson received 
his degree of Doctor in Divinity from the University of Glasgow, in 
1837. The present Church of St. Andrew's was opened for worship 
on the 12th of January, 1851. It is, without doubt, the finest 
Ecclesiastical structure in the Province ; Salisbury Cathedral, in 
England, supplied the model. Its proportions are admirable, and 
the interior is most elegant, and accomodates easily above 900 
persons. It cost 164,000. 

Mr. Robert Dobie, now Minister of Osnabruck, came from Scot- 
land as Assistant to Dr. Mathieson, in September, 1852, under the 
auspices of the Colonial Committee, and remained in that position 
until he accepted his present charge (87). Mr. Robert Herbert 
Story became assistant in May, 1859. On the 20th September 
following he received ordination from the Presbytery of Montreal, 
and left in November, having received a presentation to the parish 
of Roseneath, Scotland. Mr. James Kerr came as assistant in 
May, 1860. Having remained in Montreal about a year he 
returned to Scotland, and resided at Bathgate. He and his young 
wife were passengers on board the steamship " London," which 
foundered in the Bay of Biscay, on her voyage to Australia, on 
the 11th January, 1866 ; they shared the fate of the 268 others 
who perished by that sad calamity. 

Mr. William M. Inglis, now Minister of Kingston, was the next 
Assistant. He came from Scotland, and remained in Montreal till 
August, 1863 (61). Mr. Andrew Paton followed in November, 
1864. He was born near Kirkaldy, Eifeshire, studied in Edin- 
burgh, and was licensed by the Presbytery of Kinross in July, 
1863. Eor a short time he was Assistant in St. George's, Glasgow, 
and also in Haddington, during Mr. Bell's illness. He was selected 
by a committee in Scotland, named by the congregation in Montreal, 
to procure an Assistant to Dr. Mathieson. After a year's trial he 



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was requested to accept the appointment permanently. Having 
been ordained by the Presbytery of Kinross, 17th August, 1865, 
he was inducted as assistant and successor, 11th February, 1866. 

This is the largest and wealthiest Congregation in the Church. 
Their contributions for all purposes during the year 1866, amounted 
to 610,312. In this sum is included 6-3000 paid for the purpose 
of procuring an organ. A very fine instrument built by Mr. War- 
ren of Montreal has since been placed in the Church, at a cost of 
about 65000. 

81. St. Paul's, Montreal. 

The Rev. Edward Black, a native of the Shire of Galloway, 
Scotland, who came to Canada in 1822, had been shortly after his 
arrival ordained as colleague with Mr. Esson in St. Gabriel 
Street Congregation. In 1831 a division occurred ; Dr. Black left 
with the seceding party, organized a separate Congregation, and 
became their Minister. St. Paul's Church, erected in St. Helen 
Street, was opened for worship the 24th August, 1834. It was 
built entirely through Dr. Black's energy and perseverance, and 
chiefly by money advanced by himself for this purpose. He con- 
tinued to officiate in this Church, and with much acceptance to his 
Congregation, until his death, which occurred on the 8th of May, 
1815, in the 53rd year of his age. 

The Bev. Robert McGill, formerly Minister of Niagara, suc- 
ceeded Dr. Black, 5th November, 1815. On the 1th of February, 
1856, he died. The memory of this excellent and pious Minister 
will long be cherished by this Congregation. He was a native of 
Ayrshire, and a licentiate of the Presbytery of Glasgow. In 1853 
the University of Glasgow conferred on him the Degree of Doctor 
in Divinity as an acknowledgment of his learning and long conti- 
nued services in the cause of Religion. 

The Rev. William Snodgrass, formerly of Charlottetown, Prince 
Edward Island, succeeded Dr. McGill in St. Paul's the 4th No- 
vember, 1856, and remained until he entered upon his duties as 
Principal of Queen's College, Kingston, in October, 18 34. Prin- 
cipal Snodgrass is a native of Renfrewshire, Scotland, and an 
alumnus of Glasgow University. Having received license by the 
Presbytery of Uist, 18th August, 1852, he was ordained by the 



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Presbytery of Glasgow, on the 3d of September in the same year, 
and proceeded to Prince Edward Island in October following, under 
a commission from the Colonial Committee. He remained there until 
July, 1856. In February, 1865, he received from his alma mater 
the Degree of Doctor in Divinity. 

Dr. Snodgrass was followed in this charge by its present minister, 
the Rev. John Jenkins, D.D. Dr. Jenkins is a native of Devon- 
shire, England, and received his education for the Ministry at the 
Hoxton Theological Institution, London — now Richmond College. 
He was ordained in August, 1837, and proceeded at once as a 
Missionary to the Mysore, India, under the auspices of the Wes- 
leyan Missionary Society of London. In 1853 he joined the Fourth 
Presbytery (N.S.) of Philadelphia, and for ten years was Minister 
of the Calvary Presbyterian Church in that city. Having returned 
to his native country he became a member of the Synod of the En- 
glish Presbyterian Church. He was receive/! by the Presbytery 
of Montreal in May, 1865, by the Synod at its first subsequent 
meeting, and, was inducted to St. Paul's on the 27th of June 
the same year. The University of New- York conferred upon him 
the degree of Doctor in Divinity in 1859. 

Owing to the great value of the church site for business purposes, 
and the inconvenience of its situation to a large portion of the Con- 
gregation, it was resolved to dispose of the property. In October, 
1866, St. Paul's Church was accordingly sold at public auction, 
for $27,440. The Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was dispensed 
in it for the last time, on Sabbath, the 20th of January, 1867, to 
355 Communicants. A splendid new Church is in course of erection 
in Dorchester street. This Congregation stands at the head of the 
list of contributors to the Schemes of the Synod. There is at 
present no manse, but the sum of $2600 realized from property 
formerly held, is lodged in the Bank. Meanwhile the Minister's 
house rent is paid by the Congregation. 

82. St. Matthew's, Montreal. 

In 1858 the attention of the Presbytery was directed to the 
spiritual destitution of a large population residing in the neighbour- 
hood of Point St. Charles. A Sabbath School was opened in that 



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year under the superintendance of Mr. W. C. Menzies, in the ticket 
office of the G. T. R. It began with 17 scholars and 3 teachers. 
In 1860 a mission Church was erected to seat 300 : it cost £600. 
The Rev. James Stuart, a young man of high promise, was sent by 
the Colonial Committee for this field, but never reached the scene of 
his intended labours. He perished in the wreck of the ill-fated 
"Hungarian," oil Cape Sable, 20th February, 1860. The Committee 
sent another missionary, the Rev. James Black, who began to labour 
at Point St. Charles, 1st August, 1860. On the 4th September, 
1861, he was inducted to Chatham, C.E. [83]. In 1861, the 
mission station was erected into a Congregation, and, on the 24th 
December in that year, Mr. William Darrach, a native of Cantyre, 
Scotland, was ordained and inducted. He died on the 18th of 
June, 1865, deeply regretted. He was succeeded by Mr. Joshua 
Fraser, 21st September, 1865. It is a flourishing Congregation, 
having 110 Church members and 180 Sabbath School scholars on 
the roll. 

83. Chatham, C. E. 

This charge includes two Congregations, viz, Chatham and Gren- 
ville, with a Church in each, beautifully situated on the banks of the 
Ottawa. The Rev. William Mair was ordained the first Minister, 
26th July, 1833. Licensed by the Presbytery of Glasgow in 
1821, he officiated for six years as Sabbath lecturer in Glasgow 
College, and was afterwards assistant to the late Archibald Wilson, 
Minister of Cardross. There were no Churches in this part of the 
country when Mr. Mair came, and the bounds of his charge he used 
to define as " eighteen miles in front and as far back as I can win."' 
It was not long before he had two substantial stone Churches erected, 
but while they were being built, he received little or nothing from 
his people in the shape of stipend. After a life of self-denial such 
as few ministers, now-a-days, are called on to submit to, and a long 
course of faithful and zealous discharge of duty, he rested from his 
labours on the 17th of October, 1860. The Rev. James Black;, 
from Point St. Charles Mission Church, succeeded him in Sep- 
tember, 1861. By his instrumentality a very neat and commodious 
brick manse was erected. In November, 1864, he demitted the 
charge and returned to Scotland. Mr. Donald Ross, the present 



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Minister, was ordained and inducted on the 3rd of October, 1865. 
The prospects of the Congregation are very encouraging. 

VIII. PRESBYTERY OF GLENGARY. 
This, one of the four original Presbyteries of the Church, held 
its first meeting at Kingston, 10th June, 1831. Sederunt, Revs. 
John McKenzie, Hugh Urquhart, Archibald Connell. Its congre- 
gations at that time were all within the county of Glengary. Its 
present bounds correspond nearly with the limits of the old Eastern 
District of Upper Canada, with the exception of the Congregations 
of L'Orignal and Hawkesbury, separated from it some years since, 
and, for greater convenience, attached to the Presbytery of Ottawa. 
There are at present 15 organized congregations in the Presbytery, 
of which 10 have Ministers. There are also several Mission Stations. 
In so far as the Church of Scotland is concerned, it may truly be 
said, that this is the cradle of Presbyterianism in Canada West* 
Here for many years, the Rev. John Bethune lived and laboured, the 
only Minister of the Church of Scotland in Upper Canada ; and the 
Rev. John McKenzie, his successor, was the moderator of the first 
Synod. At that time there were but three ministers in the Pres- 
bytery. Mr. McKenzie of Williamstown, Mr. Connell of Martin- 
town, and Mr. (now Dr.) Urquhart of Cornwall. The county of 
Glengary began to be settled by Scotch Highlanders immediately 
after the close of the American Revolutionary war in 1783, when 
bands of U. E. Loyalists, including officers and privates of the Pro- 
vincial and " Continental " troops, received free grants of lands in 
recognition of their services to King and country. In 1802, two 
or three vessels with emigrants from Fort William, arrived at 
Quebec : most of these settled in the eastern District. Some also 
of the settlers sent out to the Rideau, afterwards the Bathurst 
District, found their way to Glengary in 1814. Thus, U. E. 
Loyalists, Dutch, German, British, but chiefly Highlanders from 
Scotland, came to settle here. Many of them were Roman Catho- 
lics, and a very large number belonging to that Church is still to be 
found in Glengary. 

84. Matilda. 

Originally a branch of Williamsburg, this was organized as 
a separate charge under the Rev. Thomas Scott, in October, 



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1858. He resigned in 1865 and was inducted to Planta^enet 
the following year. Mr. John S. Lochead, the present Minister, 
a graduate of Queen's College, was ordained and inducted the 
21st November, 1866. There are three preaching stations, 
and the people are much scattered. A small frame Church was 
erected about the time of Mr. Scott's settlement here. There 
is no glebe nor manse. There is ample material for a good Con- 
gregation. 

85. WlLLIAMSBURGH. 

The Township of this name was settled in 1784 by U. E. Loyalists, 
chiefly of German origin. In 1827, the Lutherans and Presbyterians 
conjointly erected a frame Church, distant from the St. Lawrence about 
six miles ; it was named St. Peter's. The Rev. Joseph Johnston, 
for some time Minister of Osnabruck, officiated here occasionally. 
The Rev. Robert Lyle, his successor, also preached at intervals. 
The Rev. John Dickey, a native of Ireland and a Minister of the 
Associate Synod of Upper Canada, was the first settled pastor. 
Having joined our Church with his Synod in 1810, he was inducted 
In 1841. He died on the 24th May, 1851. He was truly an apos- 
tolic man ; much and deservedly respected. The Rev. Thomas 
Scott, from Camden, C. W., succeeded him in 1852, and resigned 
the charge in 1858 (see 96). The Rev. John Davidson, formerly 
of New Richmond, C. E., was appointed in April, 1858. Mr. 
Davidson is a native of Paisley, and received his education in the 
University of Glasgow. 

There is a brick manse and a good glebe of 13 acres. The old 
Church having served its day and fallen into disrepair, both of the 
Congregations worshipping in it wisely resolved to build a separate 
and a better place of worship. The Lutherans having first erected 
a large and handsome Church in 1865, the Presbyterians followed 
their example, and on the 3rd of March, 1867, a substantial and 
well finished stone edifice was opened for worship by the Very 
Reverend Principal Snodgrass. 

86. Finch. 

The Township of this name was first settled about 45 years ago 
by " Lochaber-men," and others from Mull, with a few from the north 



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of Ireland. Mr. Cormell of Martintown, and Mr. McKenzie of 
Williamstown, gave occasional supply for many years, and had a 
Church erected about the year 1836. The Rev. Robert Lyle, for- 
merly of Osnabruck, a native of Ireland, and a member of the 
United Synod of U. C, became Minister of Finch about the year 
1838. He was deposed from the ministry in December, 1841. 
Mr, Donald Munro, a Missionary from Argyleshire, Scotland, sent by 
the Col. Com., came to Canada in 1849, and was inducted to Finch 
in December, 1850, where he ministered until 1864, when, 
owing to advanced years and infirmities, he received the sanction 
of Synod to retire on his commutation allowance. He died at 
Finch, on the loth of February, 1867, aged 78. Mr. Hugh 
Lamont, the present Minister, a native of Iona, came to Canada in 
1856, completed his theological course at Queen's College, was 
licensed by the Presbytery of Ottawa in 1864, and ordained at Finch 
22nd February, 1865. The old Church looks very much like a 
barn. There is a good manse with two acres of land adjoining it, 
and a glebe of 200 acres valued at about $600. Only 15 acres of 
it are cleared. There has been a marked improvement in the con- 
tributions of the Congregation within the last two years. 

87. Osnabruck. 

The Township of Osnabruck, pleasantly situated on the St. Law- 
rence, was settled at an early period by IT. E. Loyalists. In the 
year 1795, a frame place of worship was erected near the site of the 
present Church by the Lutherans and Presbyterians, conjointly. 
The first Ministers who officiated in it were the Rev. Samuel 
Schw^rdfeger — a Lutheran Minister — and the Rev. John Ludewig 
Broeffle, a Presbyterian, both of whom officiated in the German 
language exclusively, and resided in the township of Williamsburgh. 
Mr. Broeffle was a man of good education — a kind and faithful 
pastor — he died in Williamsburgh in 1815, at the advanced age of 
nearly fourscore years. For a good many years the Presbyterian 
Congregation here remained vacant, enjoying, however, the occa- 
sional services of Missionaries. One of them was an Englishman — 
the Rev. Louis Williams — who, besides preaching, used to do a little 
in the way of peddling, and sold ribbons, trinkets and fancy goods ! 



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There were no stores in those days ! The Rev. William Taylor — a 
Scotchman — was settled in 1817, but after a ministry of little more 
then two years he accepted a call from the Scotch Congregation of 
Waddington, U. S., much to the regret of the people of Osnabruck. 
The Rev. Joseph Johnston — formerly resident in Cornwall (88) — 
succeeded Mr. Taylor, in 1822. After a ministry of six years or 
thereabouts he went to the United States. It is said that he 
acquired a considerable landed property in Texas, and that he died 
there. The Rev. Robert Lyle ministered for a period of about 
ten years, when he removed to the neighbouring township of Finch 
(S6). In 1839, the Rev. Isaac Purkis, a native of Hampshire, 
England, a member of the United Synod of U. C. and formerly of 
the English Independent Church, became Minister of Osnabruck. 
He was received into connection with the Church of Scotland in 
1841, the congregation having given in its adherence the previous 
year. He died after a ministry of 13 years, October 16th, 1852. 

Mr. Robert Dobie^ — a native of Stirling, formerly Assistant 
to Principal Haldane, of St. Andrew's, and, for a time, to Dr. Ma- 
thieson of Montreal, was ordained and inducted to this charge on 
the 7th October, 1853, and is still Minister. Mr. Dobie was edu- 
cated at the University of Glasgow, and College of St. Mary's, St. 
Andrew's, and came to Canada in September, 1852. 

In 1857 a new and substantial brick Church was erected at a 
cost of $6000, towards which the Colonial Committee contributed 
X150 sterling. A suitable brick manse was before this time built, 
with the aid of <£150 from the C. R. fund. The materials of the 
old Church were removed to a distance of 62 miles and re-erected. 
In this Church there is fortnightly service. There is no debt on the 
Church property. There is a glebe of about 24 acres. 

88. Cornwall. 

The Rev. John Bethune, of Williamstown, began to officiate in 
Cornwall soon after his arrival in Glengary (1787). This venerable 
and esteemed servant of God was the first, and for nearly 30 years, 
the only Minister of the Church of Scotland in Upper Canada. 
Here, as well as at Williamstown, Lancaster and Charlottenburgh, 
he had a church built, not long after his coming. He died in 1815 



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(see 90). After his death, the Rev. Joseph Johnston, a native of 
Ireland, and a licentiate of the Synod of Ulster, officiated and also 
taught the District School for some years. It is doubtful whether 
he was ever inducted ; there is no official record to that effect 
extant. Mr. Bell, of Perth, in his letters from Canada (1824), 
speaks of him as officiating in this double capacity when he came to 
this country in 1817. 

In 1822, the Rev. Harry Leith, from Aberdeen, came to Cornwall, 
and was on his arrival appointed teacher of the District School. Mr. 
Johnston continued his ministrations in the old church till 1823, 
when he removed to Osnabruck [see 87]. Mr. Leith officiated in 
the School House until the Completion of the new Church — the 
present one, in October, 1826. In December of that year he 
received a call and presentation to the parish of Rothiemay, 
Scotland, which he accepted. In the beginning of January follow- 
ing he left Cornwall to take possession of his new charge, bearing 
with him the devoted attachment of his little flock and the good 
wishes of the whole community. 

The Rev. Hugh Urquhart— a native of Rossshire, Scotland, and 
an alumnus of King's College, Aberdeen, was licensed by the Pres- 
bytery of Inverness, and ordained by the Presbytery of Dingwall, 
5th August, 1822. He came to Canada in October of that year, 
and combined teaching and ministerial work in Montreal until 1827 , 
when he received a call from Cornwall, and was inducted to the 
charge on the 18th of February. Mr. Urquhart taught the East- 
ern District School in Cornwall, until 1840, when he restricted 
himself to his parochial duties. 

In 1857, his alma mater conferred on him the Degree of Doctor 
in Divinity. Between the years 1847 and 1857 Dr. Urquhart also 
filled the chair of Ecclesiastical History in Queen's College, King- 
ston. In the fall of 1866, the Rev. John Smith Burnet came as 
assistant to Dr. Urquhart, who, in the fortieth year of a labor- 
ious ministry, and in the 74th year of his age, found himself unable 
longer to discharge all the duties belonging to the pastorate. Mr. 
Burnet is a native of Dumfries, where he officiated as assistant 
minister for some time. He came to Canada as a Missionary from 
the Colonial Committee, in June, 1863. There is no manse in Corn- 
wall ; there is a site, however, in town, and some money invested for 



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the purpose of building a manse. There is a glebe of 100 acres of 
good land : and, besides, a large number of town lots, that have 
become valuable — yielding at present about 8600 per annum, which 
is applied to the payment of stipend. The Congregation is now 
numerous and influential. 

89. Martintown. 

The village from which this charge takes its name lies twelve miles 
north from Cornwall, and has a population of about 500. This 
Congregation, at an early period in its history, also succeeded in 
securing part of the services of the late Mr. Bethune, and his pas- 
toral relation with Martintown continued till the time of his death. 
In 1804, there had been erected a small frame Church for the use 
of a Congregation, ministered to by one Mr. Reid, a dissenter, who 
also taught a school. In 1811, the site — Jth of an acre — " with the 
frame house or chapel" — was deeded by the said Mr. Reid, to certain 
parties belonging to the Church of Scotland, for the sum of £256. 
At this time, he went to St. Armancl, C. E., and is said to have joined 
the Church of England in 1815. The Rev. Alexander Fletcher, a 
Minister of the Secession Church in Scotland, was subsequently 
employed for a few years, first at Williamstown, and afterwards at 
Martintown and its neighbourhood. In 1824 he resigned the 
charge, and took up his residence in Plantagenet, where he died. 

The Rev. Archibald Connell, the next Minister, was born at 
Kilchoman, Islay, Argyleshire, 25th December, 1789, and ordained 
by the Presbytery of Glasgow, with a view to Martintown, 24th 
November, 1825 ; he died in August, 1836, having officiated here 
nearly 11 years. In his time the present Church was erected, but 
he did not live to see it completed. A tablet on the wall of the 
Church records the estimation in which Mr. Connell was held 
by a large and attached Congregation, and in touching terms thus 
alludes to his death and burial, — " within this edifice erected for 
the worship of God, his voice was only once heard proclaiming the 
tidings of salvation. Assembled with his flock under the open canopy 
of Heaven, to shew the Lord's death, they were driven by the 
inclemency of the day to seek shelter within its unfinished walls. 
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one year afterwards — his remains were interred on the very spot 
where he then stood to distribute the symbols of the bread of life, 
and, by that solemn act, close his ministerial labours." The Rev. 
Dr. Mathieson preached Mr. ConneU's funeral sermon the same 
day that he opened the Church for worship. 

The Rev. Daniel Clark, a licentiate of the Presbytery of Inver- 
ness, Scotland, officiated as missionary in Martintown, for one year. 
In 1839, he was settled at Indian Lands, and left the Church at the 
division of 1844. His successor, Mr. John McLaurin, a native of 
Balquhidder, Perthshire, was educated at Glasgow. Having been 
for some time a missionary in connection with St. Columba's Church, 
in that City, he was ordained to this charge, 6th August, 1840. He 
died the 22nd of March, 1855, aged 48 ; much lamented by all who 
knew him. The Rev. Peter Mc Vicar was inducted 23rd April, 1856. 
He resigned in June, 1859, returned to Scotland, and is now Minister 
of Manor, in Peebleshire. The Rev. James Mair, the present Minis- 
ter, is a native of Aberdeenshire, and was educated at Mar. Coll. 
Aberdeen. He was licensed by the Presbytery of Glasgow in 
1856, and, in September of that year, went to Nova Scotia, and 
was soon after settled at Barney's River, in that Province, where he 
remained nearly three years. He was inducted to Martintown, 
27th September, 1860. 

The Church has recently undergone extensive repairs and im- 
provement. It is seated for 800, and is one of the best country 
Churches in Canada. There is, near the Church, an excellent stone 
manse, and a glebe of 50 acres of good land. There is a large, 
wealthy, and influential congregation, 

90. Williamstown. 

This was the cradle of Presbyterianism in Upper Canada. 
The Rev. John Bethune, as already mentioned (80) came here in 
1787. Simultaneously with his coming to Glengary, there arrived 
emigrants from different parts of the Highlands of Scotland, as 
well as companies of disbanded soldiers from the United States, 
who, from their firm allegiance to the British Crown during the 
Revolutionary war, were designated " United Empire Loyalists,'' 
and to whom grants of lands were given at the close of the Avar in 



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recognition of their services. While residing at Williamstown, Mr. 
Bethune also officiated statedly at Lancaster, Charlottenburgh, Mar- 
tintown, and Cornwall. He was a man of great zeal and piety, and 
deservedly esteemed by all who came in contact with him. He had 
to contend with many difficulties, poverty, apathy, and, harder to 
bear than these, calumny. He never faltered in the path of duty, 
but laboured faithfully and affectionately over this wide district until 
his death, which occurred 23rd September, 1815, in the 66th year 
of his age, and the 41th of his ministry. His remains lie interred 
in the churchyard of Williamstown, where is a monument erected 
to his memory, by his six sons, — Angus, Norman, John, James, 
Alexander, and Donald. Two of these sons — " having contracted 
a preference for the other Church " — took orders in the Church of 
England. They are still living. The one, the Very Rev. John 
Bethune, D.D., is Dean of Montreal ; the other, who for many 
years occupied the position of Archdeacon of Cobourg was, in 1866, 
consecrated Coadjutor to the late Venerable Bishop of Toronto, under 
the title of the Bishop of Niagara. Thus, the singular and interesting 
anomaly, it may almost be called, in the Church History of Canada 
is presented to our notice, of Presbyterianism having given two con- 
secutive Bishops to the Episcopalian Church : the first having been 
a native of Scotland, and educated at Aberdeen with a view to the 
Ministry in the Presbyterian Church, as may be fairly inferred 
from the fact that shortly after his arrival in Canada proposals were 
made by hmi to accept the pastoral oversight of St. Gabriel Street 
Congregation in Montreal ; the second, as we have just seen, being 
the son of a Scottish Presbyterian Minister. 

The Rev. John McKenzie succeeded Mr. Bethune in 1818, 
and was ordained on the 23rd December in that year. He was 
born at Fort Augustus, Scotland, and died at Williamstown, on 
the 21st April, 1855, set. 65. He was a faithful pastor, and 
greatly revered by his flock. That he stood well with his brother 
Minister is evidenced by the fact that he was chosen Moderator of 
the first Synod in Canada. Warmly attached to his native land, 
and to the Church of which he was a Minister, it may be truly 
said of him that, following in the steps of his Lord and master " he 
went about continually doing good." 

On the 4th September, 1856, Mr. Peter Watson was ordained 



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and inducted to the charge, and is still Minister. He is a native 
of Inverness-shire. The first Church in Williamstown was a wooden 
one, built soon after Mr. Bethune's arrival. It was replaced bj 
one of stone in 1809 or '10. From weight of snow on the roof, it 
fell one Sabbath morning — fortunately the Congregation had not 
assembled. The present quaint-looking, but large and comfortable 
stone Church was erected on the same site in 1812. It has recently 
been repaired and embellished at considerable outlay, and during 
last summer a massive iron fence was placed in front of it. There 
is a good manse with 50 acres of land adjoining, and 75 acres at 
a distance of a few miles. The congregation is large and respect- 
able, a considerable number of them still retaining a preference 
for " the Gaelic." Mr. Watson officiates in English and Gaelic 
here as well as in the Church at Charlottenburgh. 

91. Lancaster. 

The Township of this name has a frontage of ten miles on Lake 
St. Francis. The land is for the most part very level, so much so 
that at the time of the first settlements in the neighbourhood, it was 
styled the " Sunken Township," and was considered almost 
worthless. But the soil is naturally rich, and under judicious 
management yields abundant crops. It is said to have taken its 
name from the fact that a family named Falkner from Lancaster, 
England, first settled here in 1776. For many years it constituted 
a part of the Williamstown Congregation under Mr. Bethune, and 
not until 1822 was it organized into a separate charge, the first 
stated minister of which was the Rev. Alexander McNaughton, 
who, having been nominated by the Glasgow Colonial Society and 
ordained by the Presbytery of Paisley, 19th July, 1833, was 
inducted to Lancaster in December following. On the 19th of 
January, 1842, he was translated to the Parish of Colonsay, Islay, 
Scotland, and was succeeded by the Rev. Thomas McPherson, the 
present Minister, who is a native of Rossshire, was educated at 
King's College, Aberdeen, and came to Canada in 1836. He was 
first stationed at Melbourne, but after a short time he was ordained 
and inducted to Beechridge, where he remained till 1843, when he 
was translated to Lancaster. The old frame Church, recently taken 



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down, was erected in 1796, and was probably the first Presbyterian 
place of worship in Upper Canada. In March, 1809, a patent 
deed was granted by the Crown, to certain trustees, of 200 acres 
of land in the front concession as a glebe, " for the use of the 
members of the Church of Scotland, residing in the Eastern District." 
That land has now become valuable ; a large portion of it has been 
leased, in lots, for 999 years, and yields a present annual rental 
of $180. A well-finished stone Church — the walls of which were 
built some years previously — was opened for worship on the 20th 
of October, 1855. It cost 63,500, the whole of which was contri- 
buted by the Congregation, excepting about 8200 collected in 
Scotland. There is a good manse. The congregation is large, 
and though originally all Highlanders, the Gaelic language in this, 
as in all the Highland Congregations in Canada, is gradually 
giving place to English. Mr. McPherson, however, continues to 
officiate in both languages at Lancaster, and also in the 4th con- 
cession Church, where services are held once a fortnight. 

92. Cote St. George. 

While this Congregation remained united with Dalhousie Mills, 
they formed a pretty good charge ; for some years, however, from 
a variety of unhappy causes, they have been in a state of separa- 
tion. There is no good reason why they should not now be 
re-united. The Church at Cote St. George, which partakes of 
" the barn" style of architecture, was built in 1830. In 1833, we 
find a Mr. John Bruce applying to the Presbytery for ordination, 
which was not granted — for want of a Presbyterial certificate. He 
resided, however, at Cote St. George, and officiated informally for 
some years, and then returned to Scotland. Mr. Donald Sinclair, 
a Scotchman, was ordained and inducted 1st June, 1843. He 
was released from the charge in 1816, and became Minister of the 
parish of Duror, Scotland. The Rev. iEneas McLean, formerly of 
Nova Scotia, was inducted to the charge of Cote St. George and 
Dalhousie Mills in 1817, and was Minister of both places until 
1851. He died suddenly in Montreal, 10th June, 1855. Mr. 
Archibald Currie, a native of Argyleshire, was ordained and 
inducted to Cote St. George, alone, on the 23rd of October, 1861. 



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Since that time Dalhousie Mills has been dependant on the Pres- 
bytery for supply. There is a glebe at Cote St. George, purchased 
with aid of <£75 from the Clergy Reserve fund. There is also a 
manse. A good brick manse was erected some years ago at Dal- 
housie Mills. Since the above was written, Mr. Currie has been 
translated to Brock, and this charge is now vacant. 

93. Dalhousie Mills. (See 92.) 
94. Lochiel. 

The first settlers came to Lochiel in 1796, from Glenelg in Scot- 
land. Their first Minister was the Rev. John McLaurin, from 
Breadalbane, who was a student at St. Andrews, and was ordained 
by the Presbytery of Edinburgh, 27th October, 1819. Towards 
the close of that year he came to Lochiel, and at the commence- 
ment of his ministry, had a frame Church erected. He con- 
tinued in the charge until the 12th of July, 1832, when he was 
translated to Hawkesbury and L'Orignal. During his residence at 
Lochiel he taught the Ottawa District School at L'Orignal, and 
frequently officiated there and elsewhere. The stone Church at 
Vankleek Hill was built under his direction. He preached in Gaelic 
and English, and with considerable success. He died at L'Orignal 
in 1833 (119). The Rev. John Mclsaac was the next Minister. 
He was ordained with a view to Lochiel, by the Presbytery of 
Greenock, 30th April, 1835, and inducted on the 16th of August 
following. He received his education in Glasgow University, and 
had " the gift of tongues." Greatly to the grief of many High- 
land hearts in Lochiel, he returned to Scotland in 1815, and was 
inducted to the charge of Oban in January, 1816, where he died 
on the 15th of same month, 1847. In June, 1854, the Rev. John 
McDonald, now of Reechridge, was inducted, but his connection with 
this Congregation was of brief duration. Next came Mr. Donald 
McDonald, in September, 1856, to fill the vacancy of nearly 12 
years. He remained only three years. Having resigned the charge 
he went to Scotland, where he was presented to Trumisgarry, thence 
he was translated to the parish of Sleat, in Skye, where he now is. 
The Rev. John Darroch, a native of Scotland, for some years resi- 



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dent in Virginia, and who received his theological education at 
Princeton, was inducted to Lochiel in 1361. He, too, after a brief 
incumbency resigned the charge in 1865, went to Scotland, offi- 
ciated for some time as a missionary under the Colonial Committee 
in Ireland, and is now Minister of Portree, in the Isle of Skye. 
Though five times deserted, the people of Lochiel have still undimin- 
ished attachment to the Church of Scotland. There is yet a large 
congregation, patiently awaiting God's good time to send them a 
Minister who shall proclaim to them the glad tidings of salvation in 
the language they and their fathers le arced in Caledonia, and 
which they still love so well. 

The old Church was taken down in 1863 to make room for a 
large stone edifice then begun, but which is as yet unfinished. 
The sum of $5250 has already been expended on the new Church, 
and a debt of $2000 incurred. To finish it according to the 
original plan will require a further expenditure of from two to three 
thousand dollars. There is a good brick manse with five acres of 
land attached, and a glebe of 50 acres.* 

95. Indian Lands. 

The Indian Lands of Glengary is a strip of two or three miles 
in width, running through the centre of the County, originally 
reserved for the benefit of the aborigines. Like most of the other 
Indian Reserves in Canada, this has long since passed into the 
hands of their white brethren. This congregation was formerly a 
branch of the charge of Martintown, under Mr. Connell. The 
Rev. Daniel Clark (89) was inducted as Minister of it, 28th 
August, 1839. He left the Church in 1814. Since then no 
Minister has been settled, although it has always been occupied as 
a Mission Station. During the last three years the Rev. Niel 
McDougall, an ordained missionary from the Colonial Committee, 
and now Minister of Eldon (38), has given stated supply. There 
is an old frame Church here, also a small manse, and 170 acres of 



* While these sheets are issuing from the press, I learn that the Rev. Alex- 
ander McKay, formerly of Salt Springs, Nova Scotia, has heen inducted to the 
charge of Lochiel. Mr. McKay was eight years in his former charge and comes 
among us with high testimonials. 

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glebe, of which 50 acres are cleared. A frame Church has re- 
cently been built in the adjoining Township of Roxboro, connected 
with which there are thirty-one families. In all there are eighty-six 
families, and with good management they might easily support a 
Minister. 

96. Plantagenet. 

Scattered over Plantagenet and adjoining Townships there are 
sixty families in connection with the Church. The charge was 
originally connected with L'Orignal, under the Rev. Andrew Bell. 
In 1857 the Rev. Colin Grigor, formerly of Guelph, was inducted. 
In 1859, owing to ill health, he resigned : on the 9th January, 
1864, he died. The Rev. Tnomas Scott, the present incum- 
bent, formerly of Matilda, was inducted in January, 1866. This 
cannot be called a self-supporting congregation — the sum of $200 
being all that is promised for stipend. There is a small log Church 
but neither manse nor glebe. 

Mission Stations. 

Indian Lands and Dalhousie Mills, already mentioned as vacant 
charges, have been, in fact, for many years mission stations. Pre- 
vious to Mr. McDougalPs appointment, Mr. William Ferguson, M.A., 
a Catechist employed by the Presbytery, laboured long and faithfully 
at Indian Lands. Alexandria has also been occupied. The Free 
Church party have a good place of worship there, but, it appears, are 
not sufficiently numerous to support a Minister. If, by uniting all the 
Presbyterians within a radius of five miles, this desirable end could 
be accomplished, how much better that the few who refuse to enter- 
tain such a proposal should make some sacrifice of cherished pre- 
dilections than that a large district of country should, year after 
year, and for many years, be deprived of stated gospel ordinances. 
This has certainly been the case at Alexandria. Mr. Ferguson has 
been for the last three years doing duty in Winchester Township, 
where we have about twenty-five families. East Hawkesbury has 
also been supplied with religious services by the Presbytery. This 
Township has four thousand five hundred inhabitants, and there is 
not a resident Protestant Minister of any denomination in it. 



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According to last census there were six hundred and thirty-five 
nominal adherents of the Church of Scotland in the Township. 

IX. PRESBYTERY OF PERTH. 

The Presbytery of Bathurst was one of the four Presbyteries 
into which the Province was divided in 1831. It extended from 
Brockville to Cobourg, embracing the whole region from these 
points northward to the Ottawa River. There were then only six 
congregations with Ministers. There are at present, within the 
same limits, four Presbyteries and thirty-one organized congrega- 
tions. The Presbytery of Kingston branched off in 1833. The 
rest continued under the name of the Bathurst Presbytery until 
1863, when it was considered advisable to divide it into three ; 
these were named the Perth, Ottawa, and Renfrew Presbyteries. 
The Perth Presbytery has at present eight charges. The Rev. Wil- 
liam Smart, settled at Brockville in 1811, was the first Presbyterian 
Minister in this part of the country ; next to Mr. Henderson of St. 
Andrew's, he is now the oldest in the Province. 

The congregations in this Presbytery were visited in the month 
of February, in connection with their annual missionary meetings. 
The attendance was good, and an excellent spirit seemingly pre- 
vails. Most of them have more or less efficiently organized mis- 
sionary associations, and the result is, as may readily be supposed 
highly beneficial. 

97. Brockville. 

Brockville is one of the most beautifully situated towns in Ca- 
nada. The romantic scenery in its neighbourhood, its proximity 
to the Lake of the Thousand Islands, and its facilities for communi- 
cation by steamers and railways, render it a very desirable place of 
residence. Its history begins with the present century. In the 
year 1808 or '9, application was made by the people of Brockville 
to the London Missionary Society (Independent) for a Minister. 
Mr. William Smart was then studying in the Missionary Seminary 
at Gosport, England, with the intention of going to the West 
Indies.- This petition was the means of changing his views, and 



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he was soon after ordained in London to the work of the ministry 
in Elizabethtown, U. C, and commenced his labours at Brockville 
in 1811. On his arrival he preached in all the settlements between 
Cornwall and Kingston, a distance of nearly one hundred miles, 
and during the absence of Mr. Easton of St. Andrew's Church, 
Montreal, he visited that city twice a year to administer the 
sacrament. About that time (1816 to '18 ), his congregation in 
Brockville had nearly all left him, and his salary was reduced 
to about £9 yearly! (He had, however, a small allowance 
from Government, in addition to what was promised by his 
people.) In 1816, the foundation stone of a Presbyterian Church 
was laid in Brockville with masonic honours. It was completed in 
1817 at a cost of £1400. In 1840, Mr. Smart, with seventeen 
others from the United Synod of U. C, was received by the Synod 
of our Church. Though his name, like that of Dr. Boyd's, is not 
attached to the protest of the party who seceded in 1844, both of 
them became identified with the Free Church at that time. 

In 1836, the Rev. Peter Colin Campbell came from Scotland as 
a Missionary, and was also settled in Brockville that year, and 
preached in the school-house until St. John's Church was finished. 
He remained until 7th March, 1842, when he was appointed Pro- 
fessor of Classical Literature in Queen's College, Kingston. Having 
received a presentation to the Parish of Caputh, Mr. Campbell 
returned to Scotland in 1845. He afterwards became Professor of 
Greek, and is now Principal of the University of Aberdeen. 
The Rev. John Cruickshank, formerly of By town (113), suc- 
ceeded Mr. Campbell in Brockville in 1843. He left in 1846 
for Niagara (2). The Rev. Thomas Haig was inducted in 
November, 1848. On the 27th February, 1851, the pastoral 
tie was dissolved, when he removed to Beauharnois (70). 
The Rev. John Whyte, now of Arthur (26), was inducted in 
1851, and remained four years. After him, in October, 1856, came 
the Rev. Duncan Morrison, formerly of Beckwith. In 1866 he 
resigned the charge, having accepted a call from the congregation 
of Owen Sound (29). The present incumbent, Mr. Daniel McGil- 
livray, a native of Nova Scotia, and an alumnus of Queen's College? 
was ordained and inducted 16th July, 1867. 

St. John's Church is a neat and commodious stone edifice seated 



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for 300. There is a stone manse not very well situated. There 
is no glebe. The congregation is not large, but in many respects 
it is a desirable charge. 

98, Kitley. 

This charge lies twenty-four miles north from Brockville on the 
line of Railway. The Rev. Joseph Anderson of S. Gower preached 
here for three or four years once a month, and organized a congre- 
gation in 1845. In 1849 a stone Church was built. The Rev. 
David Evans, formerly of Richmond, C. W., was inducted the first 
stated Minister in 1852. Age and infirmity compelled him to 
resign the charge in July, 1862. On the 9th of August, 1864, 
he died, aged 74. Mr. Donald McLean, son of the late Minister 
of Cote St. George, was ordained to the charge 11th February, 
1863. Remaining two and a-half years, he was translated to Mid- 
dleville. The Rev. William White, formerly of Richmond, the 
present incumbent, was inducted in September, 1866. A native 
of Cavan, Ireland, he went to the United States in 1852, was three 
and a-half years in a charge near Albany, and came to Canada in 
September, 1856, accredited by the Associate Reformed Presby- 
tery of Saratoga, iST. Y. There is an old frame manse, recently 
repaired and refitted at considerable expense, a stone Church need- 
ing repairs badly enough, and a glebe of fifty acres of good land. 
The congregation is not large, but they appear to be animated by 
a good spirit. 

99. Smith's Falls. 

The centre of this charge — a rising village of the same name, 
pleasantly situated on the Rideau Canal and the Brockville and Ottawa 
railway — has a population of 1300. The Rev. George Romanes 
received a call from the inhabitants of this place in December, 
1833. He remained until 1846, when he was appointed Professor 
of Classical Literature in Queen's College. He resigned in 1850, 
and went to London, England, where he now resides. The Senate 
of Queen's College, in 1866, conferred on him the degree of LL.D. r 
in recognition of his great learning and eminent services to the 
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The Rev. Solomon Mylne, a licentiate of the Presbytery of Bel- 
fast, Ireland, came to Canada in 1849, was inducted to this charge 
in October, 1850, and is still the incumbent. There is a good 
frame Church, erected in 1836. The congregation own two town 
lots, a gift from Wm. Simpson, Esq., also a town lot with a small 
frame house on it, which was purchased with the C. R. grant of 
.£150. There being no manse worthy of the name, the Minister 
resides on his private property. 

100. Perth. 

The country around Perth was first settled by emigrants from 
Lanark and Renfrewshires, in Scotland, in the year 1816. In- 
cluding some discharged soldiers and half-pay officers, the settlers 
were for the most part weavers, but ill-adapted for encountering 
the difficulties incident to the settlement of a new country ; they 
nevertheless succeeded tolerably well. The Rev. William Bell, 
sent by Government in the wake of these emigrants, arrived in 
Perth 24th June, 1817. He found them living in small log huts, 
the country, at that time, as described by him, was a moral as well 
as a natural wilderness. Sabbath profanation, drunkenness, and 
other vices prevailed. He immediately took measures for the 
erection of a Church, which was soon finished, " with a steeple 
covered with tin, after the fashion of the country." Although 
ordained at the request of his first congregation in the Secession 
Church, Mr. Bell was brought up a member of the Established 
Church. The proposal, long entertained by himself and his Con- . 
gregation, to connect themselves with the Church of Scotland, was 
carried into effect on the 20th October, 1835. 

In the meantime, and before this took place, certain parties in Perth 
desirous of having an " auld Kirk Minister" had sent application to 
the Rev. Alex. Stuart of Douglass, in Scotland, to select a Minister 
of -the National Church, which resulted in the ordination of the Rev. 
Thomas C. Wilson, who arrived in 1830. Remaining here till 1844, 
he returned to Scotland and is now the parish Minister of Dunkeld. 
Thus were two congregations established, severally known as " the 
first Presbyterian congregation," and the congregation of " St. 
Andrew's." Mr. Bell continued to be Minister of the former until 



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his death, which occurred 16th August, 1857, in the 41st year of 
his ministry and the 78th of his age. He was born in Airdrie, 
Scotland, educated at Glasgow University, and ordained at Edin- 
burgh in March, 1817. Daring his long ministry he laboured 
faithfully and successfully, " enduring hardness like a good soldier 
of Jesus Christ," and was the means of organizing nearly all the Con- 
gregations in this part of the country. Shortly before his death the 
two congregations in Perth united. The Rev. Win. Bain, a na- 
tive of Nairn, Scotland, the present Minister of St. Andrew's 
Church, came to Canada in 1831, was educated at Queen's College, 
and was ordained at Perth as successor to Mr. Wilson, 29th Oc- 
tober, 1845. 

St. Andrew's Church was erected in 1832. It is a large and well 
finished stone edifice, seated for 600. There is a good stone manse, 
also a valuable glebe of 200 acres, rented at present for $170, of 
which the Minister derives the benefit in addition to stipend. The 
congregation is numerous, well organized, and liberal. They have 
had a missionary association at work for many years, and with 
excellent results. As will be seen by reference to the statistical 
table, their collections for the Schemes are highly creditable. 

101. Lanark. 

The small village from which this charge derives its name is pret- 
tily situated on the river Clyde, about 11 miles from Perth. Many 
of the first settlers in this part of the country were from Lanark- 
shire, Scotland ; most of them, however, have passed away, and 
tli ere are few now who remember to have " pu'ed the go wans fine" 
at the Cartland Craggs or about the falls of Corra Lynn. Mr. Bell, 
of Perth, organized the congregation on the 24th June, 1821. In 
March, 1822, the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was dispensed 
to upwards of 40 persons. For some years the congregation en- 
joyed the services of the Rev. Mr. Gemmell, from Dairy, Scotland. 

In 1830 the Rev. William McAlister was sent to them from 
Scotland. He remained until 1842, when he removed to Sarnia. 
In 1844 he left the Church and became Free Church Minister of 
Metis, C. E., where he died some years ago. The Rev. Thomas 
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He had previously been, for a short time, the Minister of Niagara 
(2). He retired from the ministry in June, 1861, on his commu- 
tation allowance, and now resides in Montreal. He was succeeded 
by the Rev. James Wilson, in June, 1862. Mr. Wilson was for 
three years a Missionary under the Colonial Committee in Nova 
Scotia, and, having returned to Scotland, was Minister of Max- 
welton Chapel, Dumfries, for a short time. He then came to 
Canada and officiated, for a short time, in St. Joseph Street, Mon- 
treal. 

The Church at Lanark is a tasteful stone edifice, built in 1860 
at a cost of =£1200, and is comfortably seated for 378. The Co- 
lonial Committee gave £15 stg. towards its erection, and the sum 
of $100, realized from the sale of glebe lands, was applied to the 
same purpose. There is a good stone manse and 116 acres of 
glebe. The congregation is prospering and its affairs are managed 
systematically. 

102. MlDDLEVILLE AND DaLHOUSIE. 

This charge is situated to the north of Lanark. The Rev. Dr. 
John Gemmell, a native of Dairy, Ayrshire, and a member of the 
Associate Synod of Scotland, came to reside in the neighbourhood 
of Lanark about the year 1821. In 1840, he was received into 
connection with the Church of Scotland, and ministered in Dal- 
housie with much acceptance till his death in 1814. The Rev. 
John Robb, from the Dutch Reformed Church in the States, was 
settled in 1846. He died in May, 1851. Mr. William C. Clark, 
now of Ormstown, and for some time assistant to Mr. Fraser, of 
Lanark, was ordained and inducted to Middleville in October, 1858. 
In 1859 these two congregations became united under Mr. Clark ? 
who, in April, 1865, was translated to his present charge. In June 
of that year, the Rev. D. J. McLean, formerly of Kitley, was 
inducted, and is still Minister. 

There is a good log Church at Dalhousie, built in 1863. There 
is a frame Church at Middleville, where a manse was purchased in 
1863, on which there remains a debt of $450. There is no glebe. 
Mr. McLean officiates in both Churches every Sabbath. There is 
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103. Ramsay. 

The centre of this charge is the thriving village of Almonte, 
which has a population of 1500. It is situated on the Mississippi 
River, which here affords an extensive water power, that has been 
turned to good account by the erection of large woollen factories. 
Fabrics of various kinds and in large quantities are made, rival- 
ling in texture the " tweeds " of Galashiels. Though visited 
occasionally by Mr. Bell, of Perth, and Mr. Buchanan, of Beck- 
with, there was no settled Minister in this Township until 1884, when 
the Rev. John Fairbairn, from Scotland, was inducted. He 
remained till 1812, when he returned to his native land, and having 
joined the Free Church, became minister of Greenlaw, in Berwick- 
shire, where he now is. The Rev. John McMorine, a native of 
Sanquhar, Scotland, succeeded in January, 1846. He came to 
Canada in 1837 as assistant to Mr. Clugston, of Quebec, in which 
position he remained seven months ; thence he removed for a short 
time to the Presbytery of Kingston, was afterwards—in 1839 — 
settled at Melbourne, where he remained four years, at the end of 
which period he resigned the charge and for a year taught the High 
School in Quebec. The old stone Church built about 1836, was 
used till lately. A handsome new one has been built in the village 
of Almonte. It is seated for 400. The Colonial Committee gave 
.£50 to aid in its erection. The manse and glebe, being two 
miles distant, were lately sold and the proceeds have been invested. 
The charge is a desirable one. At Carleton Place, a thriving 
village, also on the Mississippi, there is a branch of the congre- 
gation where regular services are conducted every Sabbath after- 
noon. The degree of Doctor in Divinity was deservedly conferred 
on Mr. McMorine by the Senate of Queen's University in 1865. 

Since the above was written, the Church has had cause to 
mourn the decease of this honoured servant of the Lord, who entered 
upon his rest on the 22nd of May, 1867, in the 68th year of his 
age. 

104. Beckwith. 

The first settlers in the Township of Beckwith came from Perthshire , 
Scotland. In 1818 they petitioned the Associate Synod of Scot- 



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land for a Minister, in answer to which was sent to them the Rev. 
George Buchanan, who commenced his labours in August, 1822, 
and officiated in Gaelic and English. The next incumbent was the 
Key. John Smith, from Cromarty, an ordained Minister of the 
Church of Scotland, who was inducted 3rd November, 1833, 
and died here 18th April, 1851. In October of the same year, 
Mr. Duncan Morrison, a native of Scotland, and an alumnus of 
Queen's College, was ordained and inducted to the charge. He 
remained till 1856, when he was translated to Brock ville. Mr. 
Mcliutehison, a licentiate of the Church of Scotland, succeeded him 
in 1857. Having resigned the charge, he returned to Scotland in 
January, 1862. Mr. Walter Ross, a native of Nova Scotia, was 
ordained here 15th October, 1862, and is still Minister. The pro- 
perty consists of a stone Church, erected in 1832, a stone manse, 
and a glebe of 100 acres. The congregation, though not very large, 
is liberal. Mr. Ross officiates in Gaelic and English. 

Darling Mission Station. 

The Township of this name, lying to the north of Lanark, is occu- 
pied by the Presbytery as a Mission Station. It has been supplied 
by Catechists during several summers, and a very good log Church 
has been built. There is no resident Protestant Minister in this 
Township, which has a population of about 1200 — three-fourths of 
whom are nominally Protestants. It is a very rough district of 
country, though some of the farmers, by industry and perseverance, 
are in comfortable circumstances. 

X. PRESBYTERY OF RENFREW. 

This Presbytery met for the first time by appointment of Synod, 
5th August, 1863. Its bounds embrace at present six charges 
lying in the Valley of the Ottawa westward from Arnprior. In the 
Townships of Ross, Horton, McNaband Westmeath there are some 
tracts of fine land in a good state of cultivation : in Litchfield there 
are a few good farms. Of romantic scenery there is no lack, for 
the banks of the Ottawa and the Madawaska are everywhere 
picturesque, but in an agricultural point of view, the general 



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aspect of the country is less inviting than other portions of the 
Province. In some places, indeed, it presents the appearance of 
hopeless sterility. There is a deal of poor sandy soil. Here, the 
landscape is disfigured by vast forests of charred leafless pines, there, 
by tracts of "brule" in which the very earth has been burned to a 
considerable depth. There is abundance of water power, however, 
and the lumber business is carried on extensively, giving renumera- 
tive employment to a large portion of the population. Though 
Lachlan Taylor describes the Upper Ottawa country, as " the most 
wretched and hopeless country inhabited by civilized men" on 
which he ever gazed : and the people, as belonging to a class among 
whom " even Methodism cannot hope to win many trophies," the 
Presbytery of Renfrew regard it more hopefully, and are doing 
what they can to supply with Christian ordinances, not only the 
Congregations already organized, but the settlers and " Shantie- 
men" living more remote amid " the ragged and rocky steeps " 
that have hitherto been accounted beyond the pale of civilization. 

105. Pakenham. 

The Township of this name was settled in 1823, chiefly by emi- 
grants from Ireland. Sheriff Dickson — the Hugh Miller of Canada — 
built the first Presbyterian Church in 1838. It was an excellent 
building and stood till 1816, when it was accidentally destroyed by 
fire. The present stone Church — a much plainer edifice ; — was 
erected on the same site in 1847. The Colonial Committee gave .£75, 
and the Lay Association of Montreal <£25, to aid in its erection. 
The Rev. Alexander Mann, a native of Aberdeen and ordained 
by that Presbytery in 1840, was inducted in 1841 as Minister 
of Fitzroy, Tarbolton, Pakenham, McNab and Horton — 5 town- 
ships ! Three Congregations were organized in these, and each 
promised £30 of annual stipend. At the end of ten years, 
finding the work too onerous, Mr. Mann restricted his labours 
to Pakenham, where he has two preaching stations. There is a 
glebe of 25 acres of good land near the village of Pakenham, but 
there is no manse. 

106. Arnprior. 

The first settlement of a Minister in this charge took place in 
March, 1860, when the Rev. William Johnson, formerly of L'Orignal, 



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was inducted. He was translated to Lindsay (36) in 1861. The 
Kev. Peter Lindsay, the present Minister, succeeded in 1862. He 
is a native of Paisley, Scotland, and was ordained at .Richmond, 
C. W., in 1853. The Church at Arnprior is a frame building, 
erected in 1859 by a Congregation of the United Presbyterians. In 
1863 it was transferred to trustees belonging to our Church. 
There is now but one Presbyterian Congregation in the place. There 
is no manse nor glebe. On the whole the prospects of the Con- 
gregation are encouraging. The village has about 1000 inhabitants: 
about 50 families of these are included in this charge. 

107. McNab and Horton. 

The two Congregations composing this charge were originally orga- 
nized by Mr. Mann, who continued to officiate to them until 1851, 
when the Rev. George Thompson, from Aberdeen, the present Min- 
ister, was inducted. There is a frame Church in McNab Township. 
A commodious stone Church was erected in the thriving village of 
Renfrew in 1853. The Colonial Committee aided each with a grant 
of <£50. There is a good manse at Renfrew built in 1866, at 
a cost of $950, to replace one that was burned down the previous 
year. There is a large garden but no glebe. This is the most 
numerous Congregation in the Presbytery. 

108. Douglas. 

In Douglas and adjoining townships there are nominally 100 
families connected with this charge, but they are scattered over 
an immense area. Mr. Canning, now of Oxford (116), was the first 
settled Minister, the date of his induction being October, 1859. He 
officiated at Douglas, Scotch Bush, Lake Dore, and Egansville. He 
had a small log Church built at Lake Dore. At Egansville services 
were conducted in a Union Church, and at Douglas, in the Town- 
hall. Mr. John Kerr McMorine was ordained and inducted in June 
1864. His labours extended over several Townships, and he had 
five regular preaching stations without a church in either of them 
to call his own, saving the little log Church at Lake Dore. After 
two years of earnest and laborious ministrations he resigned the 



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charge, intimating to the Presbytery his intention of connecting 
himself with the Church of England. Consequently it has been 
vacant since January last. There is neither glebe nor manse. It 
is rather a missionary field than a charge. 

109. Ross axd Westmeath. 

As its name implies this charge extends over two townships : 
these were for many years Mission stations of the Presbytery, and 
enjoyed frequent visits from the late Rev. John Lindsay of Litch- 
field. Mr. Hugh Cameron, a native of Argyleshire. who was 
ordained and inducted in 1862 is now the Minister. He has no 
less than five preaching stations ! There is a good frame Church at 
Ross ; towards its erection the Colonial Committee gave £30, and 
£?o to aid in the building of a similar one at Beachburg, Westmeath. 
They are both free of debt. The late Mr. Hugh Cannichael 
bequeathed ten acres of valuable land for a glebe. As yet there is 
no manse. The congregations are large but scattered. 

110. Litchfield. 

This charge is composed of three congregations with sessions in 
each, regular services being supplied to several stations besides. 
I am quite sure there are no two Ministers in our Church, nor, 
indeed, in any other Church in Canada, doing an equal amount of 
work and receiving for the same a smaller amount of remuneration 
than the Ministers of this and the last named charge. I cannot 
refrain from bearing testimony to their indomitable zeal and the 
cheerfulness with which they seem to face difficulties and discourage- 
ments which most men, now-a-days, would deem insurmountable. 
The Rev. John Lindsay was settled at Litchfield in 1854. lie died 
on the 13th July, 1857. Never was pastor more beloved by his 
people. . His name and his many endearing qualities are still fondly 
cherished by all who knew him — and many knew him, for he was 
" instant in season and out of season,'' proclaiming Gospel truth in 
settlements far remote from his own wide-spread congregation. 

The Rev. Joseph Evans, now of Sherbrooke (126), came in 1861 
to fill the vacancy of four years, and remained three years. Mr. 



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Duncan McDonald — the present incumbent, was ordained 11th 
January, 1865. 

There are three frame Churches, all on the banks of the Ottawa. 
That at Cologne occupies a picturesque site, and was built chiefly 
by the Messrs Bryson who reside in the neighbourhood : the one 
at Upper Litchfield is unfinished, and the third, at Lower Litchfield, 
is superannuated. Near the last are three acres of land, and a log 
manse which has fallen into disrepair. 

XL PRESBYTERY OF OTTAWA. 

This Presbytery, formerly a portion of that of Bathurst, held its 
first meeting by appointment of Synod on the 1st of July, 1863. 
It embraces nine congregations widely separated from each other. 

111. Huntley. 

The Rev. James Sinclair, a native of Ireland, and for some 
time a Minister in connection with the Associate Reformed 
Church in the States, the first Minister of this charge, was inducted 
in October, 1855. The congregation is small and divided into two 
branches, each having a small wooden Church. There is neither 
manse nor glebe. 

112. Richmond. 

The village of Richmond is distant from Ottawa City 20 miles, 
and is connected with it by a good macadamized road. The place 
has seen better days. Once it was the capital of this section of 
country — ahead of Bytown — now it has an air of decayed grandeur. 
It was named after the Duke of Richmond, a former Governor 
General of Canada, who died in a small log shanty in the neigh- 
bourhood, of hydrophobia, in August, 1819. The Rev. Wm. Bell 
mentions, incidentally, in his published letters (1824), that this 
congregation had given a call to the Rev. Andrew Glen, formerly 
at Terrebonne, as early as 1823, but I am unable to say how long 
he remained. 

The Rev. David Evans, formerly of the United Synod of U. C, 
was settled here in 1841, and ministered until 1852, when he was 



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translated to Kitley (98). The Rev. Peter Lindsay, now of 
Arnprior, succeeded him in 1853, and remained two years. The 
Rev. William White, who followed in 1857, was, after an incumbency 
of ten years, translated to Kitley. Mr. Elias Mullan, a licentiate 
of the Presbytery, has been lately inducted. 

There is a frame rough-cast Church, and a glebe of ten acres, on 
which a manse has been erected. It is proposed to build a Church 
at Ashton, 8 miles west, where some 20 families have expressed a 
desire to co-operate in the support of a Minister. There is a fine 
tract of country in this vicinity. 

113. Ottawa. 

This City, now the Metropolis of the Dominion, was originally 
named Bytown, in honour of its founder, Colonel By, an officer of 
the Royal Engineers, sent by the Imperial Government to super- 
intend the construction of the Rideau Canal, in 1819. It occupies a 
noble site immediately below the Chaudiere Falls. In 1854 it was 
created a city, and received its present name. Ottawa was selected 
by Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in 1859, as the permanent seat 
of Government for the Canadas. The New Parliament Buildings, 
commenced then, and now nearly completed, are unrivalled on 
the continent ; they have already cost about 83,000,000. Two 
years ago the Government Offices were removed to this City, and 
there has been, in consequence, a large increase to the population, 
which now numbers nearly 20,000. By the census of 1861 the 
total population was 14,669 : of these 8267 were Roman Catholics ; 
3351 belonged to the Church of England; 1761 were Presbyterians; 
of these last, 1192 were set down to the Church of Scotland, and 
569 to the Free Church. The statistics of the several Churches at 
that time, however, present a somewhat different statement. The 
Free Church in 1861 having, by their own shewing, a membership 
of 235 : the Church of Scotland, 169. In 1866 the Free Church 
had two Congregations and 311 Church members. We have at pre- 
sent one Congregation, St Andrew's, with 197 Communicants. 

St. Andrew's Church— a plain stone building, erected in 1828, is 
now the oldest Protestant place of worship in the City. Its walls 
were run up in a few days by a large number of workmen engaged 



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on the Canal, and temporarily out of employment. To meet the 
wants of a gradually increasing Congregation, it was enlarged in 
1854. The first Minister of the charge was the Rev. John Cruick- 
shank, from the Presbytery of Fordyce, Banffshire, whose call bears 
date, 17th September, 1829. He was inducted to the charge on 
the first Sabbath of March. 1830, by the Rev. John Machar of 
Kingston ; the entire population of the town being then only 1809. 
Mr. C. resigned in 1843 when he removed to Brockville (97)". 
The Rev. Alex. McKid followed in 1844 and remained two years 
(15). On the 14th January, 1847, the Rev. William Durie — 
formerly a Minister of the Relief Church, and who had been received 
into the Church of Scotland — was inducted. After a brief incum- 
bency of eight months, he died, on the 12th of September. The 
Rev. Alex. Spence, the present Minister, received the appointment 
to this charge through the Colonial Committee, and was inducted 
27th July, 1848. He is a native of Aberdeenshire, and was 
ordained, 22nd February, 1841, by the Presbytery of Aberdour, 
as the first Presbyterian Minister of St. Vincent, West Indies, 
where he remained 6J- years. The University of Queen's College 
conferred upon him the degree of Doctor in Divinity in 1864. 
Having received the leave of Synod to retire from the active duties 
of the Ministry on his commutation allowance, Dr. Spence resigned 
the charge on the 24th of October last. The Rev. Daniel Gordon 
lately of Truro, Nova Scotia,, a native of that Province, and who 
was educated in Scotland, is now the Minister elect of this large 
and important Congregation. 

There is a good manse, and 178 acres of glebe land which has 
recently become valuable. The Congregation is wealthy and in- 
fluential. It is proposed to form a second Congregation in the 
Lower Town, for which, it is believed, there is ample room. 

114. Chelsea. 

The village of Chelsea, on the G-atineau, nine miles from Ottawa, is 
inhabited chiefly by workmen connected with Messrs. Gilmour & Co's 
extensive saw mills. The Church and Manse were built, and are 
still owned by that firm, who also, with commendable liberality, 
contribute $200 yearly to the Minister's salary. Having been for 



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several summers supplied by Missionary Students, Mr. Hugh 
J. Borthwick ay as ordained as the first pastor in February, 1862. 
He resigned in 1864. The Rev. James Seiveright, formerly of 
Ormstown (76), was inducted in March, 1865. He is a native of 
Aberdeen, where he commenced his theological course. He came 
to Canada in 185-4 and completed his curriculum of study at Queen's 
College. At Ironsides, three miles nearer Ottawa, a Congregation has 
recently been organized by Mr. Seiveright and joined to the charge. 
Extensive works for smelting iron have been constructed there, and 
a large influx of population is expected. 

115. Buckingham and Cumberland. 

This charge is bisected by the Ottawa river. Buckingham, on the 
North side, and distant from the river about three miles, is a thriving 
village of 1500 inhabitants, owing its prosperity mainly to exten- 
sive saw mills on the Riviere aux Lievres. 

Cumberland is a Township on the right bank of the Ottawa. At the 
former place there is a good frame Church, and a large Congrega- 
tion. There is a subtantial stone Church occupying a well selected 
site at Cumberland, where are also a good manse and a glebe of 200 
acres, purchased with aid of the Clergy Reserve's grant of £150, 
and on which there is a debt of $600. The Rev. George Bell, 
now of Clifton (3), was ordained and inducted to Cumberland, 
May 30th, 1844. He remained a little over four years. The 
Rev. David Shanks, formerly of Yalcartier, and now of the same 
place (122), was inducted in 1851 and remained three years. The 
Rev. Peter Lindsay, now of Arnprior (106), followed in 1855, and 
remained seven years. Mr. James C. Smith, the present Minister, 
was ordained and inducted to the charge, 21st July, 1864. Services 
are conducted in each Congregation every Sabbath. The crossing 
of the river, at all times inconvenient, is, at certain seasons, not 
unattended with danger. In other respects the charge is a very 
desirable one and is well organized. 

' 116. Oxford. 

This is a country charge, in two sections, Oxford, and Bishop's 
Mills, about seven miles apart. Oxford is on the line of railway 

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between Prescott and Ottawa, 18 miles from the St Lawrence, and 
37 from Ottawa City. Mr. Anderson of South Gower officiated 
here once a month for a number of years ; but there was no settled 
Minister prior to the induction of Mr. Evans, now of Sherbrooke 
(126), who was ordained to the charge, 3rd November, 1858. 
Having remained three years, he was translated to Litchfield. The 
Rev. William T. Canning, formerly of Douglas, followed in 1862, 
and is still Minister. Mr. C. is a native of Ireland, and originally 
a Minister of the Synod of Ulster, w r ho, previous to his reception 
by the Synod had officiated in the United States for a period of 
five years. At Oxford there is a small stone Church, a log Manse, 
and five acres of Glebe. A good frame Church was erected at 
Bishop's Mills in 1865. 

117. South Gower and Mountain. 

The Church at Heckston, in the Township of South Gower, is 
distant about seven miles from the railway station of Oxford. The 
Rev. Joseph Anderson, a native of the north of Ireland, and who was 
educated at Glasgow, commenced his ministerial labours in 1834, 
preaching in Mountain, Oxford; Kitley, Wilfred, Osgoocle, and 
other Townships. He was one of the Ministers of the United 
Synod of U. C. who joined the Church in 1840, and continued to 
officiate in this charge with much acceptance until July, 1864, 
when advancing years and failing health compelled him to retire 
from the stated duties of the Ministry. He still preaches, however, 
frequently. There is a stone Church at Mountain ; the glebe of 
ten acres was purchased with the Clergy Reserve grant of <£150. 
There is no Manse. The Church at Heckston is an old, weather- 
beaten, shabby building. The charge, comprising 80 families, is 
at present vacant. 

118. Spencerville. 

This charge derives its name from the village, so called, on the line 
of railway, nine miles from Prescott. It includes a branch at Mains-" 
ville, eight miles to the east of it, where an excellent stone 
Church has recently been erected. There is no glebe. A manse, 
however, has been purchased at Spencerville, though not yet fully 



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paid for. At this place the Congregation meanwhile worship in 
the Town Hall, a large and well-finished building, which has been 
kindly placed at their disposal. Dr. Boyd of Prescott, who came to 
Canada in 1821, originated both of these Congregations. He was 
one of the United Synod Ministers who joined the Church in 1840 ; 
but he seceded in 1844. Some time afterwards, the Presbytery 
having been petitioned for supply, Mr. Peter Thompson, an or- 
dained Missionary, was sent for a short period. More recently 
Mr. Morrison, lately of Brockville, paid them frequent visits. The 
present Minister, Mr. James B. Mullan, who had laboured for 
three summers as a Catechist, was ordained and inducted to the 
charge 23rd July, 1862. He has succeeded in forming two large 
Congregations. His Sabbath schools are well attended, and sys- 
tematic management prevails. 

119. L'Orignal and Hawkesbury. 

The village of L'Orignal is pleasantly situated on the right bank 
of the river Ottawa, about half way between Ottawa city and St. 
Anne's. Hawkesbury, ten miles distant, was united with it in 1860. 
The Church at L'Orignal dates from 1832. On the 12th of July 
in that year, the Rev. John McLaurin, a native of Breadalbane, 
Scotland, and formerly Minister of Lochiel (94), was inducted to 
Hawkesbury. He taught the District school, and officiated also at 
L'Orignal, and died there in the spring of 1833. Mr. Colin Grigor 
was ordained and inducted to the charge of L'Orignal and Plantage- 
net, 5th June, 1844. He was translated to Guelph in 1848 ; thence, 
in 1857. he removed to Plantagenet. In 1859 he received the leave 
of Synod to retire on his commutation allowance. He died at Plan- 
tagenet, 9th January, 1864. The Rev. Andrew Bell, formerly of 
Dundas and Ancaster, was inducted to the charge of L'Orignal and 
Plantagenet in October, 1852. He was a man of varied attainments, 
an accomplished scholar, and eminent as a geologist. He was the 
eldest son of the late William Bell, of Perth, and was born in Lon- 
don, England. When a student in Glasgow he wrote a series 
of interesting letters for the information of intending emigrants, 
which were published along with his father's letters in 1824, and 
which received the highest encomiums from the contemporary 



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press. He was clerk of Synod from the year 1844 till the time 
of his death, which took place at L'Orignal on the 27th of Septem- 
ber, 1856. His successor in this charge was the Rev. William 
Johnson, formerly of Saltfleet and Binbrooke, who was translated to 
Arnprior in 1860, and is now on the list of retired Ministers. In 
August of that year, L'Orignal and Hawkesbury were united under 
the Presbytery of Glengary, and the present Minister, the Rev. 
George D. Ferguson, formerly of Three Rivers, was inducted in 
September following. The charge was subsequently transferred to 
the Presbytery of Ottawa. It embraces at present 90 families. 
Steps have been taken for the erection of a new Church at Haw- 
kesbury. 

XII. PRESBYTERY OF QUEBEC. 

This Presbytery, formed at the first meeting of Synod in 1831, 
comprehended the whole of the Congregations in Lower Canada. 
At that time, indeed, there were but eight charges in the Lower 
Province having Ministers over them, including the cities of Mon- 
treal and Quebec — two in each. In 1841, there were 18 Ministers 
on the roll. The following year, the Presbytery of Montreal was 
constituted, leaving that of Quebec with only four Ministers, Messrs. 
Cook, Clugston, McMorine and Geggie. In 1846, the members of 
this Presbytery were added to the roll of that of Montreal, from 
which time it ceased to have a separate existence until 1856, when 
it was revived. In 1866, there were within its bounds, seven 
charges with Ministers, and a number of Mission stations. 

121. Quebec. 

This city was for many years the capital of Canada, and is still 
the chief sea-port and stronghold of military power in British North 
America. It occupies a magnificent site at the confluence of the 
St. Lawrence and St. Charles Rivers. In 1861, its population 
was 51,109, of whom 41,477 were Roman Catholics ; 5,740 
belonged to the Church of England ; 1,253 to the Church of Scot- 
land ; 859 to the Free Church ; over 1,000 were Methodists ; the 
remainder being of different denominations. The Protestant popu- 
lation has not increased since then ; on the contrary, it is said to be 



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at least one thousand less now than it was even two year3 a 20. 
The total population, at present, is estimated to be about 65,000, 
of whom not more than 8000 are Protestants. 

The Rev. George Henry, a military chaplain at the time of the 
Conquest, was the first Presbyterian Minister who officiated in the 
Province. His stated ministry at Quebec, commenced so far back 
as the year 1765, only six years after the cession of the country to 
the Government of Great Britain. He presided in public worship 
for the last time, June 30th, 1793. He died on the 6th of July, 
1795, aged 86 years. In the Quebec Gazette, along with the 
announcement of his death, occurs the following estimate of his 
worth : — u To the character of an able divine, he united that bene- 
volence of heart and practical goodness which made his life a con- 
stant example of the virtues he recommended to others, and ren- 
dered him both an useful teacher of Christianity, and an ornament 
to society." From the year 1786 to 1789, he was relieved of half 
his public duty, and, from the latter date till the time of his death, 
of his whole duty by the Rev. Alexander Spark, then tutor in the 
family of Col. Caldwell, at Belmont, near the city. Mr. Spark 
came to Quebec in 1780, under an engagement for three years, 
as assistant teacher in an academy, having completed which he 
returned to Scotland and made application " for leave to preach 
the Gospel." His ccllegiate course had been previously completed 
at Aberdeen. He was accordingly licensed and ordained to the 
ministry by the Presbytery of Ellon, and seems to have returned 
to Quebec im mediately thereafter. It is not certain when or how 
he was appointed to the charge, but having received a call signed 
by a number of heads of fa mili es — there being no Presbytery to 
induct him — " he entered on his official duties with all the formal- 
ity that circumstances would permit." Until the year 1807, the 
Congregation met for worship in a large room in the Jesuit's bar- 
racks, which had been assigned by the Governor for their use as 
far back as 1767. Thereafter, war with the United States becom- 
ing imminent, and this apartment being required for military pur- 
poses, the Congregation met in the lower room of the Court House. 
On the 80th November, 1808, His Excellency, Sir J. H. Craig, 
signed letters patent making over a part of the ground on which 
;>:. Andrew's Church now stands to certain trustees. 



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Mr. Spark received the degree of Doctor in Divinity from his 
Alma Mater — the University of Aberdeen — in the spring of 1804. 
The following inscription, copied from a tablet on the wall of the 
Church, supplies additional particulars of Dr. Spark's incumbency : 
" Sacred to the memory of Alexander Spark, D.D., first Minister 
of this Church. He was born at Marykirk, Scotland, 7th of 
January, 1762 ; ordained pastor of the Scotch .Congregation, 
Quebec, 1784 : opened this Church for Divine Service 30th 
November, 1810, and died 7th March, 1819. This monument is 
erected by his surviving friends and members of his congregation 
in token of their high appreciation of his private worth, his public 
virtues, and his conscientious dicharge of the duties of his office." 

He was a man of considerable learning and inclined to literature. 
His death was sudden. Having preached on Sabbath forenoon 
from the text (Gen. xlv. 24) " See that ye fall not out by the 
way," — in which, it was thought, there appeared to be a presenti- 
ment of the separation from his flock that was so soon to follow — 
he attended a funeral, and, on his way to Church in the afternoon, 
he was seized with a fit of apoplexy, and almost instantly expired. 

It is to be regretted that so little has been made public respecting 
Dr. Spark's immediate successor, Dr. Harkness, who seems to have 
possessed great force of character. Cne who knew him intimately 
describes him as " a bold, fearless man, generous and kind-hearted 
in the. extreme." 

Another monumental tablet within the Church reads thus, "Sacred 
to the memory of the Rev. James Harkness,D.D.,late Minister of this 
Church. He was born in the parish of Sanquhar, Scotland, called 
to the St. Andrew's Church in Quebec, and ordained by the Pres- 
bytery of Ayr on the 7th of March, 1820. He died on the 25th 
February, 1835, in the 46th year of his age, and 15th of his 
Ministry. This monument is erected by his congregation in token 
of their respect for his character, gratitude for his services and 
instructions as their Minister, and for his great exertions to pro- 
mote the interests of the Church of Scotland in Canada." 

The Rev. John Cook, D.D., — the present Minister, is also a 
native of Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. He was educated at the Uni- 
versity of Edinburgh, and was for three years assistant to the late 
Mr. Wilson of Cardross. Having received ordination from the 



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Presbytery of Dunbarton in 1835, he arrived in Quebec early in . 
1838. In 1838 he received the Degree of Doctor in Divinity from 
the University of Glasgow. Dr. Cook's services to the Church at 
large have been numerous and valuable. During the session of 
1858 and 1859 he filled, with distinguished ability, the office of 
Principal and Professor of Divinity in Queen's College, and, since 
its opening in 1862, has occupied a similar position in Morrin Col- 
lege, Quebec. 

St. Andrew's Church having undergone enlargement and repairs 
is now seated for about 1000. Adjoining it there is an excellent 
manse, and also on the Church property a commodious school house 
in which the classes are conducted by Mr. McQuarrie, a licentiate 
of the Church, who is also superintendent of the Sabbath School. 

St. John's Congregation, in Quebec, was first formed in the year 
1800. It was originally " Independent" in its constitution, but 
was for several years supplied by a Minister from the United States, 
and for their use a Church was erected in 1816. In 1829 this 
Congregation resolved to connect themselves with the Church of 
Scotland. Application having been made to the Glasgow Colonial 
Society, the Rev. John Clugston, a licentiate of the Presbytery of 
Glasgow, and who was ordained by the Presbytery of Forfar, was 
appointed to the charge, and commenced his public labours in Oc- 
tober, 1830. He continued to be their Minister until 1841, when 
he resigned, and returned to Scotland, where, it is said, he con- 
nected himself with the Free Church. At this time also the Con- 
gregation seceded, and, so far as appears, retained possession of' 
the Church property. 

121. Point Levi. 

Point Levi is a village on the south side of the St. Lawrence,, 
opposite Quebec. Since having become the terminus of the Grand 
Trunk Railway it has rapidly increased in population ; the English- 
speaking inhabitants, however, are few in number. The members of 
the Church residing here were formerly connected with St. Andrew's 
Congregation, Quebec ; and here Dr. Cook held occasional services. 
The Rev. Duncan Anderson, a native of the Parish of Monymusk, 
Aberdeenshire, was ordained and inducted to the charge in Decern- 



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ber, 1854. Then, there was neither Church nor manse, and but a 
small number of adherents. A grant of 5i acres of land on the 
height, overlooking the river, and whence there is one of the finest 
views in Canada, was given by government a number of years ago 
for Church purposes. On this site has been erected a tasteful and 
commodious Church, at a cost of .£800, towards which the Colonial 
Committee contributed <£100 sterling. An excellent 'manse has 
also been built, and there is now no debt on the property. Their 
progress has been very satisfactory. The Congregation is yet small, 
numbering only thirty-five families. 

122. Valcartier. 

This is a most interesting little Congregation. The small village 
of that name, near to which are the Church and Manse, is distant, 
in a northerly direction, eighteen miles from Quebec. Forty years 
ago certain parties having received a large grant of land induced 
a few hardy Scotchmen from Roxboroshire to pass beyond the lines 
of French settlement, and to carve out for themselves homes and 
farms here at the foot of the Laurentian Hills. Roman Catholic 
French to the east of them, to the west of them, in front of them, 
the everlasting hills to the north of them, the little Colony was in a 
manner shut out from the world. For six years they laboured on 
clearing their farms without scarcely ever seeing a Minister of 
the gospel. In 1833 the Rev. David Brown, from Sanquhar, was 
sent to them, who remained four years. After he left, Mr. Neill, 
now of Seymour, visited them for a short time. In 1841 the Rev. 
James Geggie was inducted and remained till the division of 1844 ? 
when he left the Church. The Rev. David Shanks,'formerly of St. 
Eustache, succeeded in May, 1847, and is still Minister. A native 
of Lanarkshire, he came to Canada in 1832, served as a Mis- 
sionary for one year in Montreal, was fourteen years Minister at 
St. Eustache in connection with the U. P. Church, and was 
received by the Synod in the year 1841. The log Church built 
during Mr. Brown's ministry, was in 1859 supplanted by a 
stone edifice, erected on a beautiful site and finished with much 
taste. There are very few country Churches to compare with it. 
It cost $2000. The Colonial Committee gave £50 stg. There is 



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a wooden manse, built after the manner of the French Canadian 
houses, and four acres of land attached. The congregation is 
indebted to the Manse and Glebe Fund for a grant of £150. 

123. Leeds and Inverness. 

Mr. Alexander Buchan, now Minister of Stirling, Chit., a licen- 
tiate of Dalkeith, was ordained to the charge of Leeds and St. 
Sylvestre in 1842. He returned to Scotland in 1844 (64). The 
Rev. Simon C. Fraser from the Greenock Auxiliary Society also 
officiated for a short time. The Rev. Alex. Forbes, the present 
Minister, formerly of Dalhousie, New Brunswick, was inducted in 
January, 1859. Mr. Forbes was sent to New Brunswick as a Mis- 
sionary by the Colonial Committee in 1854. He was licensed by the 
Presbytery of Garioch, Aberdeenshire, in 1839. A small frame 
Church was erected at Inverness in 1840. The charge consists of 
only sixteen families, who are quite unable to support a Minister. 
No manse, no glebe, " no nothing !" The Free Church claim one 
hundred and four families, and one hundred and eighty-one com- 
municants. Would it not be better for these sixteen families to 
cast in their lot with the others, and for Mr. Forbes to find a more 
extensive sphere of usefulness ? The case demands the considera- 
tion of the Church Courts. 

124. Three Rivers. 

The City of Three Rivers, so called from the three mouths of 
the St. Maurice River, has a population of about 6000, of whom 
5500 are Roman Catholic : 230 belong to the Church of England ; 
150 to the Church of Scotland ; 65 are Methodists. It is on 
the north side of the St. Lawrence, about equi-distant, 90 miles, 
from Montreal and Quebec. It is noted for its iron works which 
have been in operation for about 100 years. The lumber business 
on the St. Maurice and its tributaries is also very extensive. The 
Rev. James Thorn, now of Woolwich (24), was the first Minister 
of our Church settled here in 1844. He remained ten years, 
and was succeded by Mr. George D. Ferguson, now of L'Orignal 
(119), who was ordained to the charge in May, 1855, and 
remained five years. Through his instrumentality the Church was 



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built. It is a well finished stone edifice and cost $6800. There 
is a debt of about 13000 upon it. There is neither manse nor glebe. 
The Rev. Robert G. McLaren, a native of Caithness, was inducted 
to the charge, 14th of August, 1862. The number of families in 
the Congregation is only 27. 

125. Melbourne. 

This is rather a group of Congregations than a charge properly so 
called, there being four stations where services are regularly con- 
ducted, viz: — Melbourne village, Brompton Gore, "Windsor, and 
Oak Hill, numbering together 120 families and 90 Communicants. 
There are good Churches at each of these places. There is a manse 
and a glebe of 8| acres near the village of Melbourne, which 
is beautifully situated on the St. Francis River. The surround- 
ding country is undulating, picturesque and very healthy. Before 
St. Andrew's Church was erected, the Congregation worshipped in 
an old wooden edifice which for many years had served all the 
Protestant denominations in the neighbourhood. 

The Rev. Thomas McPherson, now of Lancaster (91), officiated 
here for a short time in 1836, and in the autumn of that year 
accepted a call to Beechridge. The Rev. John McMorine 
(103) was inducted in 1839 and remained four years. The Rev. 
Robert McFarlane, a Minister of the Church of Scotland, was 
inducted November, 1852, and remained little more than a year, 
when he ceased to be a Minister of the Church. The Rev. Thomas 
Morrison, a missionary from the Colonial Committee, came in 
March, 1853. Remaining not quite two years he returned to 
Scotland. Mr. Seiveright, now of Chelsea (114), was ordained 
in 1857, and was largely instrumental in furthering the interests of 
the Congregation, and the Mission cause generally, in the Eastern 
Townships. After a ministry of five years he was translated to 
Ormstown (76). In October 1862, the Rev. T. G. Smith, formerly 
Minister of Kintyre, Illinois, was inducted to Melbourne. He 
resigned in December, 1866, having accepted a' call from Fond 
du Lac, Wisconsin. There is ample material for the formation of 
two good self-sustaining congregations. The field of labour is too 
extensive for one Minister longer to do justice to the work. 



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Since the above was written, the Rev. James McCaul, formerly of 
Roslin and Thurlow, has been inducted to the charge. 

126. Sherbkooke. 

The town of this name is the capital of the Eastern Townships, 
with a population of 5000, and rapidly increasing. It is finely 
situated at the confluence of the Rivers St. Francis and Magog, 
which famish an unlimited amount of water power. Mr. Charles 
L Cameron, a native of Lochiel, Scotland, and a graduate of 
Queen's College, who, having been licensed and ordained in Scotland, 
went to India in 1865, and is now one of the Church of Scotland's 
Missionaries at Bombay, was sent here as a catechist in the 
fall of 1865, and during eleven months of the most self-denying 
labours so far advanced the mission work that the adherents at Sher- 
brooke and Brampton Falls were soon organized into a charge. 
The Rev. Joseph Evans, formerly of Litchfield, was inducted 27th 
October, 1861. At that time there was neither Church, manse, nor 
property of any kind. Soon after his settlement a purchase was 
made of a building then used as a theatre, and which was formerly 
a Congregational Church. This was remodelled and fitted up 
to accommodate comfortably 300 persons. Close to the Church a 
commodious and a tasteful manse has just been completed. The 
expense attending the whole including the land (1 acre), the Church, 
and manse, has been about f 1000. The people of the town, of 
all denominations, contributed liberally, thus testifying their appro- 
val of the good work begun, and their satisfaction on seeing the old 
Church rescued from desecration. A debt of $1100 has been incur- 
red in carrying out these improvements, which it were a graceful 
thing that the friends of the Church should liquidate. Up to the 
close of 1866 Mr. Evans has been in part supported by the Eastern 
Townships Mission Fund. Henceforth his Congregation have re- 
solved to rely entirely on their own resources ; though respectable in 
point of numbers, the Congregation is widely scattered, and by no 
means wealthy. 

Eastern Townships Mission. 

There is a large mission field in the Eastern Townships, which 
includes that part of Canada East lying on the South side of the 



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St. Lawrence, bounded by the Chambly River on the West, the 
State of Maine on the South, and extending easterly to the Chau- 
diere River. 

Irrespective of that part of it which borders on the St. Lawrence, 
and which is exclusively French, this interesting District includes 14 
or 15 counties, each county averaging eight or nine Townships, 
The total population is about 160,000, of whom about 70,000 are 
English-speaking. In all this section of country we have only 
two organized Congregations, viz, Sherbrooke, and Melbourne : with- 
out trenching on ground already occupied by other Churches there 
is ample room, and, indeed, great need for at least three or four 
additional Ministers of our Church. There are a great many 
scattered over this wide section of country who, though nominally 
Protestants, are connected with no Church. And, yet, it is a 
country highly favoured by nature, beautiful for situation, rich 
in agricultural and mineral resources, irrigated by numerous noble 
rivers, abounding in water power, and with a climate agreeable 
and salubrious. Gold is found on the Chaudiere and its tributaries. 
At Acton, and elsewhere, copper mines have been worked to advan- 
tage for many years. Slate of the finest quality — rivalling the 
Welsh, is found near Melbourne. The most extensive saw mills in 
the Province are to be found at Brompton Falls ; woollen factories 
on a large scale at Sherbrooke ; vast tracts of swampy lands, long 
considered useless, through the enterprize and inventive genius 
of Mr. Hodges, have been invested with a value almost fabulous, and 
are becoming highly important sources of wealth and industry by the 
manufacture of peat fuel, which is destined to supply the place of 
coal, almost the only economic mineral denied to Canada. But the 
latest discovery of all, and certainly not the least surprising, as 
tending to shew that nothing made by the Creator is without its 
use, is the fact that paper of excellent quality may be produced 
from Poplar wood, the meanest, and, hitherto, the most useless 
of all woods. At Windsor a large manufactory has been estab- 
lished, which it is estimated will turn out a thousand tons of paper 
yearly, chiefly from Poplar pulp ! 



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GENERAL REMAKKS. 

From the foregoing notices of the several Congregations, we 
gather that the history of the Church of Scotland in Canada, begins 
in the year 1765, with the ministry of the Rev. George Henry, at 
Quebec, and that his immediate successor, Dr. Spark, was ordained 
for that charge by the Presbytery of Ellon, in 1784. 

The Rev. John Bethune two years afterwards began to organize 
a Congregation in Montreal, and in 1787, removed to Glengary, 
where he was instrumental in forming a number of Congregations, 
and building several Churches. Niagara was the third Congregation 
formed. The Rev. William Smart came to Brockville in 1811, from 
the London Missionary Society, and officiated in all the settlements 
from Cornwall to Kingston. A petition to the associate Presbytery 
of Edinburgh, by a number of Presbyterians settled at Perth, 
resulted in the appointment of the Rev. William Bell to that place. 
It is worthy of record as shewing the difference in travelling facili- 
ties, betwixt now and then, that he sailed from London on the 5th 
of April, and arrived at Quebec on the 2nd of June, 1817 : that 
the passage from Quebec to Montreal, by steamer, occupied 36 
hours ; the fare was £3 : and that leaving Montreal on the 11th 
June, he reached Prescott on the 18th, by the only mode of com- 
munication then existing, having been seven days on the voyage ! 
Mr, Kirkland was settled at Lachine the following year. The Rev. 
John McLauren was settled at Lochiel, in 1.819 : Mr. Bryning at 
Mount Pleasant, in 1820. The Rev. Robert Boyd was ordained 
to the charge of Prescott in 1821. St. Andrew's Congregation 
in Kingston, was organized in 1822, under the Rev. John Barclay. 
In 1826, Mr. SJieed came to Dundas ; in 1327, Dr. Urquhart, to 
Cornwall ; in 1829, Mr. Cruickshank, to Bytown. At St. Thomas, 
in the West, the Rev. Alex. Ross was settled about 1829, and the 
Rev. Geo. Cheyne, at Amherstburgh, about the same time. 

The Synod was first constituted in St. Andrew's Church, Kings- 
ton, on the 8th of June, 1831. There were present eleven 
Ministers and two elders. The Rev. John McKenzie, of Williams- 
ton, was chosen Moderator. The earliest Roll of Synod preserved, 
is that of 1833, containing the names of 25 Ministers. The follow- 
ing table shews the number of ministers and missionaries on the 
roll, and the vacancies in each year since 1831. 



125 



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25 John Machar, D.D 

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43 John Cruickshank | 4|. 

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52 Alex. Gale 

54 John Cook, D.D. . 

55 Robert McGill, D.D. . . 
76 Hugh Urquhart, D.D. 
82 James George, D.D.... 10 

84 Henry Esson 4 

86 John Cmgston 5 

91 M.T.Stark 

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53 William Bell |36 

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57 Walter Eoach . . 

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James Muir, D.D 

J. M. Smith 

Eobert Niell 

John McMorine, D.D. . 

Alex. Spence. D.D 

James Williamson, D.D 

Alex. McKid 

Alex, Mann 

Geo. McDonnell ... ... 

Geo. Bell 

John McMurchy 

Alex. Mathieson; D.D. 

Wm. Bain 

William Leitch, D.D.. . 

John Campbell 

Archibald Walker 

Geo. Thompson 

Erin. Snodgrass 

Kenneth McLennan . . . 



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From the first, the Ministers of the Scotch Church in Canada 
were recognized by the Government, and received a small annual 
grant from the public chest. In 1836, we find a Committee of 
Synod reporting as follows, " that there are in Upper Canada, 36 
Ministers of this Church : that 24 of these receive £57 10s. Stg. 
each, annually, from the monies granted for the support of Ministers 
of the Church of Scotland in Upper Canada, that two receive out 
of the grant to the United Synod : that one, Mr. William Bell, 
receives £100 Stg. on a special grant, and that nine are without 
any pecuniary assistance from Government. That the sum at pre- 
sent granted to this Synod, is £1350 Stg., and that each Minister 
has hitherto received £57 10s. annually." 

It further appears that in addition to grants of lands for Church 
purposes, in 1833, £900, and in 183-4, £550 were granted by 
Government to the Synod to aid in erecting Churches, and that 
these sums were divided among a number of Congregations in sums 
varying from £25 to £80. 

In 1840, after nine years of negotiation, eighteen Ministers of the 
United Synod of Upper Canada were received into connection with 
this Church. 

From 1831 until 1840, memorials, petitions and remonstrancee, 
followed by deputations, had been sent to the Imperial Govern- 
ment, in relation to the Clergy Reserves, setting forth the right of the 



126 



Church of Scotland to participate in the fund arising from the sale 
of these lands, on equal terms with the Church of England in Ca- 
nada. In 1840 this vexed question was, for the time being, settled. 
One-half of all the Reserves unsold was retained by Government to 
satisfy different claimants : the Church of England to receive two- 
thirds, and the Church of Scotland one-third of the proceeds of the 
other half as they were disposed of — a balance on hand from past 
sales being subject to a like division. 

In 1839, subscriptions began to be received for the establishing 
of a theological school, and Queen's College was constituted by Royal 
Charter in 1841. 

On the 3rd of July, 1844, the Synod met at Kingston ; on the 10th 
of July in that year, Mr. Bayne, of Gait, on behalf of himself and 
those adhering to him, laid on the table of the Synod a document 
containing their reasons of dissent from the decision of the Synod 
of the previous day to continue their connection with the Church 
of Scotland, and protesting that they could no longer hold office 
in this Church ; twenty Ministers of the Synod subscribed this 
document, and two others dissented separately. Messrs. Smart 
and Boyd withdrew before the next meeting of Synod, making in 
all 24 who at that time ceased to be Ministers of the Church. In 
the summer of 1845 the Churches in the British Provinces of North 
America were visited by a deputation, appointed by the General 
Assembly of the Church of Scotland, consisting of the Revds. Dr. 
Simpson, Dr. John McLeod of Morven, and Dr. Norman McLeod. 
A second deputation, similarly appointed, visited the Provinces in 
1847, the Revds. J. C. Fowler, Robert Stevenson, and Simon Mac- 
intosh being at that time charged into the embassy. It is true that 
allusion to these does not necessarily come under remark, yet, to 
leave them altogether unnoticed were an unpardonable omission. 
The lapse of twenty years has not effaced the pleasurable remem- 
brances associated with the mention of these visits. None who listened 
to the kind words then spoken are likely to forget the earnest and 
affectionate addresses of the various members of the deputations, the 
lucid and satisfactory explanations given, their wise counsels, and, 
more than all, that total absence of recrimination, and of every 
thing calculated to offend even those who differed from them, which 
invested the sentiments expressed with an abiding charm. 



127 



In December, 1854, the Clergy Reserves were secularized by the 
Government of Canada. On the 10th of January, 1855, a pro re 
nata meeting of Synod was held in Montreal for the purpose of 
taking such steps as the circumstances might render necessary. 
The mode of commutation will be explained under the heading of 
the Home Mission Fund. At this meeting commissioners were 
appointed to negotiate with the Government. Out of these nego- 
tionsaro sethe " Temporalities Board," who held their first meeting 
in Quebec on the 22nd February, 1855. 

OF STATISTICS. 

It is hoped that no arguments are needed to prove the value of 
carefully collated statistics. In secular matters they have come to 
rank as a science, and, marking a new era in political economy, 
they serve as data for all the civilized governments of the world to 
found laws, regulate commerce, and determine foreign and domes- 
tic policy and relationships. Their value in ecclesiastical institu- 
tions cannot be over-estimated. Our branch of the Church in 
Canada has hitherto signally failed in her attempt to obtain them. 
Did each Minister, Session, and Presbytery, resolve to do their 
duty in this matter, there were no difficulty in procuring every 
year, at least as full returns as those now submitted. By a subdivi- 
sion of labour, each Presbytery doing its share, the work, con- 
fessedly not a small one, could be easily accomplished. 

The returns in the accompanying tables are for the calendar year 
1866, though from this cause there may be a seeming discrepancy 
when compared with the statements of the treasurers of the different 
Schemes, and which embrace the Sy nodical year, it will yet be found 
that they so nearly approximate as to substantiate their correctness 
in the main. 

It is respectfully represented that the business of the Church 
would be greatly simplified by «ach Congregation making up all 
its accounts for the Calendar year. By so doing, ample time would 
be obtained for making up full annual returns to be presented to 
Synod. Some Congregations have already acted on this suggestion, 
to which it is hoped that the Synod will give practical effect. 

There are 126 charges enumerated in this Report: of these, 19 
were vacant in 1866 : 42 of them are double charges ; in five 



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instances the Ministers officiate regularly in three different places, 
and some were found having four and even five stations separated 
by long distances. In addition to these most of the country Min- 
isters have occasional preaching stations. A considerable number 
preach three times each Sabbath. Those officiating in Gaelic not 
unfrequently have two double services, implying the delivery of four 
sermons. One Minister was met with who not unfrequently preached 
two Gaelic, and three English sermons in one day ! 

The number of Ministers in charges in 1866, was 107. If we 
include the assistant Ministers of St. Andrew's Churches, Montreal, 
and Ottawa, three Ministers, Professors in Queen's College, and one 
in Morrin College, we have 113 ; to which may be added 14 
ordained Missionaries, making in all 127. Of the 12 Ministers 
retired on their commutation allowance, four were found to be 
engaged in ministerial work ; these were, the Rev. Thomas Fraser, 
whose services have been frequent and most useful in Montreal, 
Mr. Johnson of Norval, since deceased, who may be said to have 
died in the harness, Mr. Anderson, of South Gower, who officiates 
nearly every Sabbath, and Mr. Paul, at Ormstown. The following 
table shews the number of Ministers in the several Presbyteries 
in 1866 : their allowances from the Temporalities Board ; where 
they were educated ; and distinguishing those who have come to 
us directly or indirectly — as through the Lower Provinces — from 
the Colonial Committee of the Church of Scotland, as well as 
through other channels. 













Educated 


£ 03 


6 




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03 






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from 


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PRESBYTERIES. 




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p 


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450 


400 


150 




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3 


3 




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2 












3 


1 




2 


2 






2 












10 

8 


5 


"2 


3 


4 


1 


3 


2 


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3 




5 


3 


1 


4 




2 












23 


6 


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14 


7 


1 


12 




3 


1 


1 




1 




10 


1 


I 


5 


6 




4 




3 


1 










15 


5 


1 


8 


8 




5 




4 


1 




1 


1 




10 

8 


5 


5 


5 




4 


' "i" 


2 








Perth 


4 




4 


2 




4 


2 


1 








1 




6 


3 




3 


2 




4 












1 




8 


1 


"2 


4 


2 




3 


2 


2 












8 


2 


1 


4 


5 


1 


2 




3 












113 


37 


10 


60 


49 


5 


46 


9 


27 


3 


1 


1 


4 



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Of the 25 Ministers composing the Roll of Synod in 1833, 
there remain only three in connection with our Church alive. 
These are, Dr. Mathieson, Dr. Urquhart, and Mr. Colquhoun. 
Seven of them joined the Free Church. Three, Messrs. Cruikshank, 
Clugston, and Ketchan. returned to Scotland, and are believed 
to be still living there, 16 are known to have died ; of the 68 
Ministers on the Roll of our Church in January, 1855, when 
the commutation with the Government was effected, 35 only remain 
in active ministerial work, 12 have retired on their commutation 
allowance of 8150 per annum. One, the Rev. Peter McXaughton, 
formerly of Pickering, withdrew from the Church in November, 
1855. Two, the Rev. John McMurchy, and Dr. McMorine, 
included in the statistics, have since died, making in all 22 deaths 
of commuting Ministers since 1855. Of the eleven " Privileged 
Ministers " on the Roll of Synod in 1851, ten are still in charges. 
One, the Rev. John Lindsay of Litchfield, died in 1857. The 
remaining 60 Ministers receiving 8150 per annum from the Board, 
have been inducted to charges since 1855. The number of 
Ministers educated in whole or part in Queen's College, and in 
charges, is 46. 

Of the 18 Ministers belonging to the United Synod of Upper 
Canada, and who were received into the Church in 1840, Messrs. 
Anderson and Porter, are now the only representatives, and both 
have retired fiom active duty. Some of them joined the Free 
Church, the rest have gone the way of all the earth. 

Of Stipend. 

The total amount of salary promised to 108 Ministers (includ- 
ing two assistant Ministers), in 1866, was 881,031 ; of this sum 
829,350 came from the Temporalities Fund — rather more than one- 
third of the whole. The average salary promised to each Minister, 
from all sources, was $750. The average sum promised by the 
Congregations themselves was about 8484 each. The largest salary 
paid from all sources, was 82700 (81). The smallest salary from 
all sources (promised) was 8350 (123). The largest sum paid by 
a Congregation to one Minister is 82550 (81). The largest sum 
paid for ministerial services by one Congregation, 83600 (80). 

I 



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The smallest sum offered by a Congregation to a Minister in the 
shape of salary, is, $50 per annum, from 30 families ! and it is 
not believed that its members are in the slighest degree ashamed 
of themselves. Another Congregation returning 100 communicants 
paid their Minister $108. It is supposable that each member of it 
may have paid as much in taxes for the keeping of a dog ! as for 
the support of the Minister. For convenience of reference the 
salaries promised by the people appear in tabular form thus. 



SB 

50 


9 

100 


$ 

150 


SB. ' 
200 


SB 

250 


SB 

300 


SB 

350 


SB 
400 


SB 
450 


% 
500 


550 J 600 


s? 

850 


8 

700 


$ 

750 


* 

800 


SB 
850 


SB 

9J0 


* 
1000 


& 
over. 


& 

ovur. 


& 


& 

ov r. 


& 

over. 


& 

over. 


& 

over. 


& 

over. 


& 

over. 


& 

over. 


& | & 

over, lover. 


& 


& 

over. 


& 

over. 


& 

over. 


& 

over. 


& 
over. 


& 

over. 




3 


1 


12 


3 


5 


3 


30 


22 




~?~rr 


8 






1 






~6~ 































Before passing from these figures, let the intelligent reader be 
entreated to pause and reflect. It appears that there are fifty-nine 
Congregations whose promises for stipend do not exceed $100, the 
minimum required by Synod. Twenty-two range between that 
sum and $150 ; twenty-seven only are found promising $500 and 
upwards, and, of these, but six exceed $1000 ! Granted that these 
salaries were all duly paid, and even supplemented to the fullest 
extent of our Home Mission Fund, what do we find ? Simply this ? 
that the incomes of a large number of Christian Ministers are less 
than that accorded to a good mechanic, and that the highest salary 
is not more than is given to a competent clerk in a merchant's 
office. And yet it is required that a candidate for the Ministry 
shall present evidence of his having spent at least seven years in 
the study of Classical Literature and Theology at a University. 
Having obtained the object of his studies, he is expected to keep 
abreast of the scientific and literary accomplishments of the day, 
to dress and comport himself like a gentleman, to be a leader of 
thought, and to give tone to society. Need we wonder if the first 
talent of the country is diverted into other channels, or, that some 
of those w T ho have embraced the Christian Ministry as a profession, 
become a disappointment to themselves and to their Congregations. 

In referring to Stipend, the word promised occurs with 
significant frequency. It is less with regret than deep humilia- 
tion that the acknowledgement is made that Stipend vromised 



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and Stipend actually paid, are two very different things. Why not 
speak the truth ? " 'Tis true — and pity 'tis, 'tis true," that of all 
kinds of promises known among men, promises for Stipend are the 
most unreliable. 'Tis a pity to dispel the dream that these 108 
Ministers, who, after many long years of hard study, fitted them- 
selves for the noblest and best work in which man can engage, are 
receiving a decent competence for themselves and their families ; 
honesty compels the admission that they are not. 

Of Arrears of Stipend. 

Would that they could be written off with a dash of the pen, 
hidden under a bushel, or otherwise consigned to the sea of obli- 
vion ; to deal with them is painful, yet, they must be dealt with, 
honestly, and fearlessly. For reasons, which, it is hoped, will be 
satisfactory to the Synod, defaulting Congregations shall not be 
particularised in this Report. And it is also hoped that Congre- 
gations not in arrears to their Minister, will kindly forgive us for not 
doing them the justice which is their due by pointedly distinguishing 
them trom others. Reticence on this point will enable us better to 
grapple with an evil rankling at the very core of our Church's pros- 
perity, an evil that all have an interest in having remedied, and 
one, which, if allowed to continue, will grow upon us rapidly, and 
soon sap the foundations of the Church of Scotland in Canada. 
Impressed with the importance of this subject, your Agent has 
given it much time and consideration, and omitted no opportunity 
of procuring as full and reliable information respecting it as was 
possible. This part of his duty was at once difficult and delicate. 
Difficult, inasmuch as the managers of many Congregations have 
been in the habit of keeping correct accounts neither with their 
Minister, nor those who profess to support him : any statement of 
arrearages in such cases, being at best but a rough guess. In 
some instances these had become literally unaccountable ! It were 
strange had defaulting Congregations no feeling of repugnance in 
exposing their own shame in this matter ; the natural desire of every 
Minister is that the state of his Congregation should appear as 
favourably as possible ; hence the delicacy of unveiling these spots 
and blemishes, and probing these sores. Even those Ministers with 



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the largest amount of arrears offered no complaint. It cannot but 
be that some of them are suffering worse than inconvenience, but 
they are suffering silently ; hoping, year by year, for better times. 

The following table, the result of much time and anxious thought, 
embodies all the information received under this head. The sum 
of arrears stated is $8371, and is distributed over 25 Congrega- 
tions, in sums varying from $50 — the smallest noted — to $1281 
the largest sum acknowledged. In addition to these are 30 Con- 
gregations admitting arrears, more or less, without giving them a 
name. After careful analysis of the information derived on the 
spot, and with every desire to give Congregations in all cases the 
benefit of a doubt, the smallest value that can be assigned to the 
class, " not stated " is $5550 as appears in the second column. 
There are thus 55, rather more than one-half of the Congregations, 
in arrears to their Ministers ! the total estimated amount beinor 
$13,921. Of the 30 " not stated" fourteen were given vaguely ; 
these are described in the table as 4 large, 5 considerable, 5 small : 
16 were stated approximately. 

The remaining 54 Congregations are equally divided into two 
classes of 27 each, that in the last column but one, includes all the 
Congregations newly settled, in which there has not been time to 
accumulate arrears, a few others are also included in this column, 
in which there is a reasonable doubt that arrears to a small extent 
may exist, though not acknowledged. The last column shews that 
there are 27 — exactly one-fourth part of the Congregations, under 
notice — who have, certainly , no arrears. 



Total 
Arrears 
stated. 


Arrears 
estimated. 


Total stated 

and 
estimated. 


No. of Congrega- 
tions in Arrear. 


No. who state 
their Arrears. 


No. who do not 
state their Ar- 
rears. 


Thos 
cla 

03 
bJO 

eS 
Hi 


3 not s 
ssed th 

<u 

. 

'55 o 

a* 8 


tated 
us: 

03 

s 

CO 


New charges and 
doubtful. 


No Arrears. 


$8871.04 


$5550 


$13,921.04 


55 


25 


30 


4 


5 


5 


27 


27 



These figures speak for themselves. Your Agent is of opinion 
that he has sufficiently discharged his duty in thus dragging to light 
these humiliating facts. It is for the Synod to devise such mea- 
sures as in its wisdom shall seem best calculated to bring about a 



1 n o 

loo 

change for the better. The publishing of full statistics, and recourse 
to annual " Presbyterial visitation" in each Congregation, appear 
to be at once the most effective and constitutional modes of action 
required. 

OF FAMILIES. 

Much difficulty was experienced in ascertaining the exact number 
of families in the several Congregations, and this from two causes : 
first, the difficulty of deciding what is meant by a family. If one mem- 
ber of a family, for instance, belong to the Church of Scotland, and 
the remainder to some other Church, difficulty seems to present 
itself. It is submitted that, for this purpose, that one does consti- 
tute a family. It is presumed that he contributes for the Min- 
ister's support, and that the Minister visits that one officially as 
he does other families. The second cause, however, is less satis- 
factory, arising from the fact that comparatively few Ministers 
have the names of their adherents enrolled in visiting books. Were 
this practice universally followed there were no difficulty in ascer- 
taining the number of families in each Congregation. In several 
instances it was observed that the Minister kept a correct list, not 
only of the heads of families, but of every child, stating their names 
and ages, so that the actual number could at any time be easily 
given. Such exactitude cannot be too highly commended. It is 
valuable to the pastor while he remains in a charge, and, when 
he removes, especially in the case of a large Congregation, to 
his successor such a catalogue is invaluable. The total number 
of families stated in the return of organized Congregations is 
10,553 to which may be added families in mission stations which 
have been regularly supplied, say 447 more, making in all 11,000. 
It is proper to state that none but Communicants and bond fide 
contributors to the support of ordinances are included in this 
return. The number of " dead heads" is very large, as may be 
gathered from the returns of the Census taken in 1861 when 
132,651 were given to the Church of Scotland in Canada, which, 
counting five to a family, made 26.521 families, six years ago. 
The same discrepancy occurs in the statistical return of the CP. 
Church, who, claiming to have 25.000 families in 1S66, had 



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accorded to them by the census enumerators 214,640, equal to 
42,868 families. 

OF COMMUNICANTS. 

The total number reported is 14,850. A number of vacant Con- 
gregations are not included in the returns, these, with what have 
come under notice in mission stations, may be set clown at 600 more, 
making in all 15,450 Communicants. Comparatively few sessions 
are in possession of proper Communion rolls. With a view to supply 
this deficiency, arrangements have been made with Mr. Creighton of 
Kingston who has kindly consented to furnish as many Communion 
Roll books as may be required — after the pattern used in the Church 
of Scotland, at the price of $1 each. 

In I860 the number of Communicants reported was 11,337, but, 
comparison utterly fails, as in that year no returns were received 
from 24 Congregations, and six of those reporting did not give the 
number of Communicants. 

OF SABBATH SCHOOLS. 

There is room for congratulation in regard to the increasing in- 
terest manifested in this direction. Returns from 98 Congregations 
give an aggregate of 8393 scholars, and 981 Sabbath Schoolteachers 
for the year 1866, an increase on the published returns of 1865 of 
2256 scholars and 320 teachers, and, since this time last year, 
an increase of 587 scholars and 112 teachers. It is pleasing to 
notice a very considerable improvement in the efficiency of our 
Sabbath Schools, which may be attributed in some measure to the 
suggestions during a number of years past of different Committees 
of the Synod. A more general use of the Scheme of lessons -fur- 
nished by the present convener of the Sabbath School Committee, 
has induced greater uniformity and system in conducting the classes. 
The general introduction of Hymn books, and the attention given 
to singing, have been productive of results most interesting and 
satisfactory. In the most distant settlements, in the back woods 
of Canada, may be heard every Sabbath day the voices of many 
children joyfully singing together their Maker's praise in hymns 



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and melodies the most beautiful known in the English language. 
There is no music so sweet as that of children's voices, and, as there 
is no better way to seek a much needed improvement in the psal- 
mody of the Church than to begin with the children, every effort 
should be made to create and cultivate a taste for singing in the 
Sabbath School. 

Nearly all the Schools are supplied with libraries. In this 
way a vast amount of interesting and instructive literature 
is in circulation, and the good seed of Gospel truth is being 
scattered broadcast over the length and breadth of the land. A 
large number of religious books, too, are annually distributed 
among the scholars in the shape of presents. Competitive examina- 
tions for prizes are being discontinued, and wisely so. A con- 
siderable number and variety of periodicals are read by the 
scholars. Among these are, — " the Sabbath School Messenger", 
" the Children's Paper", " the Band of Hope Review", " the Bri- 
tish Workman", published in England: "The Child's Paper", in 
the United States, and the " Juvenile Presbyterian" in Montreal. 
All of these are profusely illustrated, the wood cuts in the British 
Workman are indeed Chef d'ceuvres. A Sunday School Magazine 
for the Dominion is yet a disideratum, one, which, combining the 
attractive features of the English publications with their cheapness, 
would also be possessed of local interest and be a medium of 
missionary intelligence for the young. * In most cases, the 
Minister superintends in person the Sabbath School of hjs Con- 
gregation. It is a work few can do so well as he, and though 
a considerable tax on his time, it is of a kind more likely to be 
amply rewarded and blessed than any other part of his ministerial 
labours. Nearly every School has an annual Soiree, excursion 
party, or pic-nic, which serves the double purpose of amusing 
the children and interesting parents and others in the work. St. 
Andrew's Sabbath School, Montreal, is the oldest in connection 

* This want is likely to be supplied very soon. Mr. John L. Morris of Mont- 
real, who has for many years conducted the publication of the "Juvenile Pres- 
byterian," has taken the matter in hand, and our Sabbath School friends may 
rest assured that the new Monthly Magazine which is announced to make its 
appearance in January next, will be such as to commend itself to all who have 
the interests of the rising generation at heart. 



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with the Church. St. Andrew's in Kingston is the largest. The 
Presbytery of Kingston seems to have taken the Key Note from 
the City, for we find them with 1114 scholars and 122 teachers 
on the Rolls of their Sabbath Schools — by far the largest in 
proportion to the number of families, of any Presbytery in the 
Church. Though there are difficulties in the way of maintaining 
Sabbath Schools in scattered country Congregations, instances 
have been met with which go to show that they are not insur- 
mountable. 

Of the 28 Congregations from whom no returns on this head 
were received, the greater part were vacant. In a few cases the 
existence of " Union Schools" in the neighbourhood, accounted for 
the omission. Most of the Sabbath Schools take up collections ; 
some do so every Sabbath, others but once a month. In Clifton 
Sunday School, and some others, it was observed that each class 
had' a separate collecting box ; at the end of the year the boxes are 
opened and the contents counted in the presence of the Scholars, 
who enjoy the process much. Besides paying for their books and 
Magazines, a considerable amount is annually devoted to Mis- 
sionary purposes : the children thus put us to shame with their 
Indian Juvenile Mission. For this purpose there was acknowledged 
by the treasurer for the year ending May, 1 866, the sum of $676.47, 
from which 33 orphan children were supported, clothed, and edu- 
cated in India, and a certain sum besides sent to the Canadian 
School at Calcutta. 

Of the 69 Bible Classes reported, the greater part are senior 
classes of the Sabbath School taught by the Minister. In Ottawa city 
two Bible classes have been conducted by Mrs. Spence for many years 
with marked efficiency and success. There are also a number of infant 
classes in connection with our Sabbath Schools in which children from 
two to five years of age, or until they can read, are taught orally 
to repeat short passages of Scripture, and the Mother's Catechism. 
Singing, too, forms a prominent and most interesting feature in 
these infant classes. That in St. Andrew's School, Montreal, 
conducted by Mrs. Morris, has 60 infants on the Roll. 

While the aspect of our Sabbath School system is thus on the 
whole encouraging, there is yet room for expansion. The number of 
scholars might be greatly increased did each Minister realize the 



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importance of the School as a nursery of the Church : each pa- 
rent, as a valuable supplement to home instruction : were there 
no feeling among the rich that their children were too good to 
associate in the Sunday School with children of the poor, and, did 
more young men and young women evidence a willingness to offer 
their services as teachers. 

OF PRAYER MEETINGS. 

Thirty-two Congregations report the holding of weekly Prayer 
Meetings. The attendance is, usually, very discouraging, and 
many Ministers, after years of persevering effort, have been forced 
to discontinue them. It surely cannot be that Christian people are 
losing faith in the efficacy of prayer. Surely it cannot be that they 
are so wholly engrossed with worldly business as to be unable, by a 
little judicious management, to spare one hour of a week-day evening 
for Christian intercourse. It may be that our prayer Meetings are 
uninteresting. The people, in Presbyterian Churches, are not 
accustomed to take a public part in them : the whole duty of con- 
ducting them devolves upon the Minister, and the exercises vary 
little from the ordinary Sabbath Services. What a valuable School, 
to take no higher view of it, might not the weekly Prayer Meeting 
become ! Were members of the Congregation accustomed in turn 
to take a part, what a company of assistants to the Minister were 
created. Many a Congregation has met of a Sabbath Morning and 
separated without engaging in devotional exercises at all, because 
disappointed of a Minister : they themselves being wholly wanting 
either in the " Gift of Prayer," or in moral courage. Had it not 
been for the late Mr. Fordyce — an elder of the Church — who him- 
self conducted, regularly, the weekly services of the Lord's day, 
and for years, in the absence of a Minister, it is more than likely 
we should have had no Congregation in Fergus to-day. 

ORDINARY SABBATH COLLECTIONS. 

The total amount reported for 1866, is 811,772.28. We 
have 166 Churches, seated for 46,344 persons : say that on an 
average there is one service in each, every Sabbath in the year, and 



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that the attendance averages only one-half of the capacity of the 
Churches, we have 23,172 contributing less than one cent each 
per Sabbath. But $5206, nearly one-half of the whole, was con- 
tributed by 11 Congregations, as appears in the following table : 



S. Contributions of 11 Cities 
and Towns. 



Hamilton 

London 

Guelph 

Toronto 

Kingston , 

St. Andrews, Montreal 
St. Pauls, Montreal... 

Cornwall 

Ottawa 

Quebec 

Perth 

Lindsay 



Communi- 
cants. 



250 
80 
218 
125 
442 
532 
450 
200 
197 
250 
325 



Churches 
seated for. 



900 
425 
350 

10 '0 
800 
900 
700 
420 
650 

1000 
600 



Estimated 

average 
attendance 



7745 



60") 
281 
240 
663 
540 
600 
466 
280 
440 
6";6 
400 



5182 
120 



Sabbath 
Collections 
1866. 



348 
200 
268 
333 
530 

1139 
584 
184 
448 

1000 
172 



5206 
$226 50 



Deducting these eleven congregational contributions, we have 
•$6166 left as from 11,781 Communicants, but as Communicants to 
the number of 1081 are returned in the table from vacant congre- 
gations making no Sabbath collection, the net number of contributing 
Communicants is 10,700, giving $6466, that is, an aggregate of $121 
per Sabbath — exactly one-half cent to each Communicant per Sab- 
bath. Or if we estimate the probable average attendance in the coun- 
try charges at one-half of the capacity of the Churches, we arrive 
at the conclusion that each individual gives 30 cents per annum — 
|f of a cent each Sabbath, but as we have no smaller coin in the 
realm than one cent, and as a considerable number give a small 
silver coin, the number who give absolutely nothing must be 
very great. 

To return to the cities and towns, having 3069 Communicants, 
Churches seated for 7745, and contributing $5206. We shall 
suppose that the actual average attendance is two-thirds of the 
capacity of the Churches, 5182 on daily Sabbath attendance. 
Then each Communicant in these gives $1.69 per annum, as nearly 
as possible 3 cents per Sabbath : each worshipper gives $1 per 
annum ; but there are two services in these Churches each Sab- 



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bath, therefore, it follows that one cent is the average contribution 
per worshipper, at each Sabbath Service in the cities and towns. 
It would be interesting to know how many of these citizens give 
one cent each morning to the little ragged boy who sweeps the 
crossing that lies between his residence and his place of business. 

There is no easier nor better way of increasing the revenue of 
congregations than by members enlarging their Sabbath-day con- 
tributions ; a well directed and united effort in this direction would 
easily quadruple the amount at present received from this source — 
and nobody would miss it ! That this is no visionary idea, a case 
in point is selected from the Statistical Returns — that of Lindsay, 
which, according to numbers, stands at the head of the list of 
ordinary Sabbath Collections. Numbering 60 families, 36 Com- 
municants, and having an average attendance of 120, their Sabbath 
Collections amount to 8226,50, being $6.29 to each Communicant 
per annum, and $1.88 cents for each worshipper. In this case 
the contribution per Sabbath from each Communicant is, after all, 
but 12|- cents, and for each individual 3-1 cents. Were each con- 
gregation to give in the same proportion, based on Communicants, 
our revenue would be $93,406, or if that were too much to 
expect, taking the standard of attendance, we should have $16,021 
per annum, instead of the paltry sum of $11,772. 

Three Congregations were met with who make no Sabbath 
Collections. In one case enquiry was instituted as to the reason. 
Conscientious scruples were assigned by an old elder, who submitted 
that he and others thought it sinful to collect money on the Lord's 
day which might be applied to secular purposes " such as digging 
post holes around a minister's garden." The fallacy is plausible : 
but, ei facts are stubborn chiels ; " the fact fatal to our elder's argu- 
ment in this case, being, that there happened to be no minister's 
manse, nor garden, belonging to that Congregation ! 

THE HOME MISSION SCHEME. 

The Synodical Schemes of the Church are four in number, viz., 
the Home Mission Scheme, the Ministers Widows' and Orphan's 
Euncl, the Bursary, and the French Mission Schemes, for each of 
them a collection is appointed by Synod to be taken in all the Con- 



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gregations once a year. Before referring to the figures in the 
return it may be well to explain fully the nature of our Home 
Mission Fund which will best be done by reference to its history. 
In the year 1763, Canada was formally ceded to Britain, when it 
was stipulated that its inhabitants, then nearly all French Roman 
Catholics, should remain in possession of all their Church property 
and endowments. These were large, and have since become im- 
mensely valuable. At the same time it was thought but a simple 
act of justice to place the Protestant population, who might subse- 
quently people the Province, in as favourable a position with regard 
to the maintenance of their religion. Accordingly, the Imperial act 
of 1791, commonly called the Constitutional Act, provided, among 
other things, that one-seventh part of all the Crown lands in Canada 
should be reserved for the benefit of u a Protestant Clergy." At 
that time, and for many years after, Crown lands in Canada were 
of small value, and the revenue accruing from the Reserves was very 
insignificant, but, as time went on, their value increased. Up to 
the year 1820 the Church of England in Canada had received what- 
ever emoluments arose from the sale of these lands. In that year, 
however, for the first time, they asserted a claim as of right, to 
monopolize the Reserves, upon the principle that, being the estab- 
lished Church in England, they should be so regarded in Canada. 
An advertisement which appeared in the Quebec Gazette about 
that time, aroused the indignation of Presbyterians generally 
throughout the Province. It commenced as follows : — 

" Clergy Reserves. — His Majesty having been graciously 
" pleased to erect and constitute a corporation, consisting of the 
" Bishop of this Diocese and the Clergy of the Church of England, 
" holding benefices within this Province, for the superintending, 
" managing, and conducting the Reserves made, or to be made, for 
" the support of a Protestant Clergy within the Province, public 
" notice is hereby given, that all leases of such Reserves will in 
" future he granted by the said Corporation ; and that applications 
" for the same are to be made, either to the Secretary of the Cor- 
" poration at Quebec, or to the Clergyman of the Church of Eng- 
" land residing nearest to the lot to be applied for," &c, &c. 

From the first, the Church of Scotland in Canada protested 



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against the avarice and injustice of the representatives of the Angli- 
can Church, and their indignation was greatly increased by the 
establishment of 57 Rectories, by Sir John Colborne, in 1836. In 
that year we find the Synod petitioning the King to revoke the Act. 

The late Dr. Black, of Montreal, the late Hon. William Morris, 
of Perth, and the late Hon. Chief Justice McLean, were among the 
foremost of the Church of Scotland's friends and advocates during 
the long continued and bitter controversy that ensued ere the Pres- 
byterians of Canada were recognized as having a rightful claim to 
any share of the Reserves. 

By the Imperial Act of 1840 — uniting Upper and Lower Canada 
— the claim of the Church of Scotland was at last conceded, and 
after making provision for certain other denominations to a limited 
extent, it was arranged that the remaining proceeds should be 
divided, two-thirds to go to the Church of England ; one-third 
to the Church of Scotland. Dissatisfaction still prevailed. Ap- 
peals, protests, petitions, followed : the Church and the Country 
alike became agitated, and the secularization of the Reserves became 
the political topic of the day. Yielding to public pressure, the 
Canadian Government applied to the British Parliament for power 
to deal with the Reserves. This was granted in 1853, and author- 
ity given ' k to vary or repeal all or any of the existing provisions for 
the distribution of the Reserves' Fund, and to apply the proceeds 
to any purpose they may see fit, provided, that it shall not be law- 
ful for the said Legislature to amend, suspend, or reduce, any of 
the annual stipends or allowances, which have already been give 
to the Clergy of the Churches of England and Scotland, or to any 
other religious bodies or denominations of Christians in Canada, 
(and to which the faith of the Crown is pledged), during the 
natural lives or incumbencies of the parties now receiving the 
same" The Canadian Government considered it advisable, by one 
decisive blow, for ever, to remove all semblance of connection 
between Church and State in Canada, which could only be done by 
buying off the claims of existing ministers. " Be it therefore 
enacted," says the Statute of 1854, "that the Governor in Council 
may, whenever he may deem it expedient, with the consent of the 
parties and bodies severally interested, commute with the said parties 
such annual stipends or allowances thereof, to be calculated at the 



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rate of 6 per cent, per annum, upon the probable life of each indi- 
vidual, and, in case of the bodies specified (namely the Churches 
of England and Scotland, and others to whom the faith of the 
Crown was pledged), at the actual value of the said allowances re- 
ceived at the time of commutation, to be calculated at the rate 
aforesaid." 

Each of our Ministers during the year immediately preceding 
the commutation, had been in receipt of the sum of <£150 per annum 
and there were 68 Ministers on the Roll who were recognized by 
Government as entitled to commutation. A calculation based on 
their ages and probable lives, having been made, the result was, 
that the sum of £127,448 2s.l0d. was placed at the credit of these 
68 Ministers. This money they agreed to invest in a common Fund 
for the benefit of the Church in all time to come. They did more 
than this. Between the passing of the Imperial Act of 1853, 
and the Canadian Act of 1854, there had been added to the Roll 
of Synod, eleven Ministers : these were refused commutation by 
the Government, and it is evident, that had the commuting 
Ministers insisted on receiving each <£150 annually, from the 
Fund, these eleven could receive nothing from it. The Synod 
regarded their claim as valid for commutation, but, as the Govern- 
ment did not, its members resolved to surrender £37 10s. per 
annum — accepting .£112 10s. as their annual allowance — in 
order that the others— hence known as " privileged Ministers" — 
might participate in the Fund, to the extent of, at least, £ 100 per 
annum. The Revds. Dr. Mathieson and Dr. Cook, and Messrs. 
John Thompson, Quebec, and Hugh Allan, Montreal, with the 
Hon. Thomas McKay, were appointed by the Synod, in January, 
1855, to effect the commutation and to manage the Fund, and on 
the 4th of October following, Dr. Cook reported that the negotia- 
tions had been completed on the terms above mentioned. 

This, then, is the nucleus of the Synod's Home Mission Fund. Pre- 
vious to this arrangement, the proceeds of the Reserves had been 
managed by a Board of nine Commissioners. At the time that these 
changes were effected, they had a balance on hand of about $29,- 
100, of which $12,000 was handed over to the new management, who 
became known as the Temporalities Board, and which was by them 
mostly expended in meeting the annual payments of the commuting 



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Ministers, until such time as the Government Debentures received 
for commutation could be sold in England, and the proceeds 
invested in Canada began to yield interest. $12,000 was appro- 
priated as a Manse and Glebe Fund ; nearly all of the congre- 
gations of that time receiving .£150 on condition that this sum 
should be supplemented by £50 from the congregations receiving 
it, each Minister binding himself to see the money faithfully 
applied for the purpose intended. By this means a large number 
of manses were built and glebes purchased throughout the Pro- 
vince. The remaining $5,000 was divided amongst the commuting 
Ministers in order of seniority. 

Under the new arrangement, the commuting Ministers were 
thenceforth to receive £112 10s. per annum ; the eleven privileged 
Ministers, £100 ; and all others, not so provided for, £100 a year, • 
" if the funds admit of it." In 1858 the ministers on the roll had 
increased to 85, and in the following year to 93, and the funds 
at the disposal of the Board, after paying the commuting and privi- 
leged ministers, proved insufficient to pay even £50, to the rest. 
In 1860-l,the congregations of the Church, from Quebec to Toronto 
inclusive, were visited by deputations, and efforts made to supplement 
the invested fund so as to ensure regularity of payments. The 
result of this, spread over several years, was the total receipt of 
about £7000; only a part of which, however, was permanently 
invested, the remainder, with the consent of the subscribers, being 
employed by the Board to relieve the increasing pressure on their 
exchequer, caused by the continued increase of ministers, who in 
1863 numbered 100. In November of that year the Board were 
compelled to adopt the following by-law, which received the sanc- 
tion of the Synod : 

I. " That it shall be a condition of any minister, other than com- 
muters, receiving £50 from the Board, that he shall obtain from 
his congregation, a subscription of $50 per annum to the fund. 

% u That such subscription shall, in every case, be returned to the 
minister to whom the Board is not able to give the allowance of £50 
per annum." 

From that date, all Ministers inducted since 1854, received 
from the Board, only $150. It being expressly understood 
that the congregation should make up to them the $50. On refer- 



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ence to the third column of figures in the statistical sheet, it will be 
seen that in 1866, thirty congregations are reported as contributing 
$50 additional for this purpose ; seven met this demand in part ; 
twenty-three contributed nothing towards refunding the minister 
the |50 deducted by the Board. 

The sequel is told in few words ; " The funds of the Board were 
insufficient to meet even the $150 payments in July, 1864, when 
fourteen Ministers' names were struck off from the list of recipients 
altogether. In January, 1865, fifteen, and in July following, nine- 
teen, shared a similar fate. At the Synod of 1865, your committee 
was appointed to manage the Schemes of the Church ; the congre- 
gations in Montreal and Quebec nobly responded to your appeal for 
aid to replace these ministers on the roll of recipients. In January, 
1866, and each half year since then, the salaries of all the ministers 
were supplemented from the Temporalities Board, and there is 
reason to hope for such an increased and sustained interest in this 
important mission as shall place the ability of the Board to meet 
future demands — at least for some time to come, beyond per- 
adventure." The contributions for 1866 amounted to 13255.75. 

The following is a statement of monies invested and held by the 
Temporalities Board on the 30th of May, 1866 : — 





Cost. 


Par Value. 




$142101.82 


$ 126,400 




52120.07 


47,200 




144546.00 


124,000 




1G336.44 


16,000 




164455.16 


183,000 


Un. Counties of Peterboro &Victoria Debentures 


4413.16 


4800 




6294.21 


6294.21 






2000 






800 




$530,266.86 


$510494.21 



An Act of Parliament, incorporating the Temporalities Board, was 
assented to on the 24th July, 1858. By this act the Board is al- 
ways to consist of twelve members, of whom five are to be Ministers, 
and seven laymen, all in full communion with the Church ; two Min- 
isters and two laymen to retire annually in rotation, their places 
being supplied by the Synod. Of this board, Mr. Thomas Paton, 



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manager of the Bank of British North America, is now the Chair- 
man, and Mr. William R. Croil the Secretary and Treasurer. 

THE MINISTERS' WIDOW'S AND ORPHAN'S FUND. 

The Managers of this Fund received an Act of Incorporation 
on the 28th of July, 1847, and commenced operations immediately 
afterwards. The Act provides for the maintenance of a Board 
of twelve Managers — four Ministers and eight laymen : one 
Minister and two laymen retiring annually in rotation, their 
places being supplied yearly by the Synod. It is supported 
by contributions from the Ministers and the Congregations ; the 
fund being divided into two distinct branches for the purpose 
of distribution. The annuities from the Minister's contribution 
being uniform — $50 per annum ; those from the congregational 
contributions fluctuating in proportion to the sums paid by the 
several congregations in the ratio exhibited in the accompanying 
schedule. Each Minister contributes to the fund $12 annually, 
and a collection is expected to be taken up once a year in 
each congregation. Only 53 congregations, however, out of 
126, are returned in the statistical sheet as having contributed 
in 1868. Of these 19 were vacant. This still leaves 48 congre- 
gations — 34 of which have Ministers settled over them — that made 
no collection for this deserving fund. Why this short-sighted 
policy in regard to a scheme most worthy of support, does not 
admit of satisfactory explanation, unless it arises from utter care- 
lessness or want of method. In 1865, there were 35 delinquent 
congregations : this year, one less. The total amount reported for 
the calendar year is $1609. During the same period the Ministers 
contributed $1308. Upon the whole, however, the fund, which 
has been exceedingly well managed, is now in a prosperous condi- 
tion. The amount invested has reached the respectable sum of 
$44982. The number of annuitants on the list in 1866 was 23. 
It has since been increased to 26. 



K 



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The following is the scale of annuities paid : 
From the Ministers' contribution a uniform sum of $50. 
From Congregational sources under $12, at the discretion of the 
Board, not to exceed $60 annually. 





Congregational. 


From Min. contrib. 


Total. 


$12 and under $24 


$80 


$50 


$130 


24 " 


36 


100 


50 


150 


36 " 


48 


120 


50 


170 


48 " 


60 


140 


50 


190 


60 " 


72 


160 


50 


210 


72 " 


" 84 


180 


50 


230 


84 " 


" 96 


200 


50 


250 


96 " 


" 108 


220 


50 


270 


108 " 


" 120 


*240 


50 


290 



THE BURSARY SCHEME. 

The idea of a Bursary scheme, first brought under the notice of 
Synod by an overture from the Presbytery of Toronto in 1847, 
was soon afterwards carried into effect, the avowed object being to 
aid deserving students having the ministry in view in defraying 
the expenses attendant upon a collegiate course. The sum of $140 
is estimated to be the smallest that will cover the necessary expen- 
diture during a session at Queen's College. Few candidates for 
the ministry come from the wealthy classes, and, unless aid from 
some source is provided, the expenses of a seven years' course of 
study, which is required by the Synod, amounts almost to a prohi- 
bition. Not unfrequently those who commence with a view to the 
ministry are compelled, before completing their curriculum, to 
abandon their purpose, and, accepting appointments as Grammar 
school teachers, or engaging in other avocations, their services are 
lost to the Church. 

It is a fact too well known to be dwelt upon here, that the num- 
ber of theological students attending our University at Kingston is 
discouraging to the College authorities, and much too small to 
supply the yearly increasing demand for Ministers. This is a 

* No annuity to exceed $240 from the congregational source. A bonus of 
30 per cent was added for 1866-7 to all receiving under $120 a year, and 20 per 
cent, to those receiving above that sum. 

The Treasurer of this fund is Mr. Archibald Ferguson, Montreal, whose zeal 
and assiduity in the discharge of his office entitle him to the approbation and 
gratitude of the whole Church. - 



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matter of complaint with other Churches in Canada as well as in 
the old country ; more especially it is felt and acknowledged by 
all Voluntary Churches, and, we need not try to hide the truth, 
ours is a Voluntary Church. This Scheme, if well supported, is 
calculated, in some degree, to add to the number of students and 
Ministers. T\ r e cannot much longer expect to receive reinforce- 
ments from Scotland. The spirit of self-reliance that is rapidly 
pervading the minds of the people of this great and growing colony, 
suggests the necessity of alike spirit in regard to the equipment of 
the Church. The condition of any Church, that, beyond a rea- 
sonable term of probation, relies on external aid, is an abnormal 
one. The natural source to which we should now look for the 
supply of Ministers for the New Dominion is, undoubtedly, the 
Provinces confederated. During the calendar year 1866 there is 
reported the sum of $639.75, contributed by 38 Congregations 7 
leaving 69 Congregations, having Ministers, who made no contri- 
butions to this important Scheme. The Colonial Committee of the 
Church of Scotland bestows an annual grant of X50 sterling for 
Bursaries in Queen's College ; should not this put to the blush 
those among us who contribute nothing for this purpose ? 

THE FRENCH MISSION. 

The history of this Mission is a record of disappointments and 
discouragements. .These, however, from its very nature, were to 
be looked for, and it is not on this account to be lightly esteemed, 
still less abandoned. Having put our hand to the plough, we dare 
not look back. It commenced in 1841. On the 2nd of Septem- 
ber in that year, Mr. Emile Lapelletrie, who came to Canada as a 
colporteur from the London Missionary Society, was ordained to 
the office of the ministry with the customary solemnities. The 
services on that interesting occasion were ably conducted in the 
French language by Professor Campbell, now Principal of the 
University of Aberdeen. About the same time a small frame 
Church was purchased, in which Mr. Lapelletrie continued to offi- 
ciate until 1850, when, in impaired health, he returned to the 
south of France, his native country, and, after engaging in Mis- 
sionary work for a few years, he died there. Two Swiss Mission- 



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aries, Messrs. Baridon and Jacquemart, were engaged in 1850. 
Mr. Baridon resigned from ill-health in 1853, but resumed work in 
1859, under the Presbytery of Montreal, who were appointed by 
Synod to the management of the Mission. For some years it was 
under a cloud, and the operations in Montreal were suspended, 
Mr. Baridon and Mr. Charbonelle meanwhile labouring in the Town- 
ships. In November, 1861, the Rev. J. Emmanuel Tanner, pastor 
of the French Reformed Church in Montreal, along with 26 com- 
municants, made application to be embraced in the operations of 
the Mission, and were received accordingly. In 1862 steps were 
taken for the erection of a new Church, and a very neat brick edi- 
fice, built in Dorchester Street, at a cost of about $4,000, was 
opened for worship during the sitting of Synod in Montreal in 
1863. Soon after this, Mr. Tanner having become incapacitated 
from ill-health, the late Rev. Mr. Doudiet supplied the Congre- 
gation with services. The Rev. J. Goepp, from France, was 
next engaged for a term of one year, at the expiration of which 
he removed to Western Canada to take charge of a German 
Congregation, and our Mission Church is now without a Minister. 
The Committee seem, however, to be warranted in their hope 
that a brighter day is about to dawn upon the mission. Mr. 
Charles Doudiet, a son of the above named French Missionary, 
has entered Queen's College with a view to the ministry, and 
his success at the University has been such as to afford all inte- 
rested in the cause the highest gratification. This young man, 
who possesses qualifications that render him peculiarly fitted for 
the work, having it in his heart to devote himself to the .preaching 
of the Gospel to French Canadians, it may be hoped that the 
efforts of the Committee will receive a more generous and united 
support from all the Congregations of the Church than has hitherto 
been accorded them. Mr. Doudiet has been employed by the 
Committee as a Catechist to the Dorchester street Congregation 
during the last summer (1867). His labours have been unremit- 
ting, his aptitude for the work undoubted, and his success propor- 
tionate to both the one and the other. The contributions for 1866 
amounted only to $809.75. This sum was given by 54 Congre- 
gations. Fifty-three Congregations having Ministers gave nothing. 
Two entire Presbyteries are reported blank under this heading. 



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One Presbytery, having 13 congregations, and in these 723 families, 
with 885 communicants, gave only $10. Dr. Jenkins, of Montreal, 
is convener of the French Mission Committee, and Mr. Archibald 
Ferguson is the Treasurer. 

CONTRIBUTIONS. 

The column headed " other purposes," is intended to include 
everything contributed for Church purposes not otherwise enume- 
rated in the statistical sheet. As for example, the Presbytery's 
Home Mission Fund, the building and repairing of Churches and 
manses, taxes, insurance, Presbytery and Synod fees, Minister's 
travelling expenses — though there is not much of that — Sabbath 
School contributions for the Juvenile Mission, &c, &c. The 
whole sum reported for these is $36,997.72, which added to the 
sums paid for stipend, and the Schemes of the Church, make our 
contributions for all purposes $92,092.31. Much more has been 
given that could not easily be ascertained : in every congregation 
there were items " forgotten to be mentioned," and, besides, 
where any doubt existed as to the precise amount for any purpose 
the hivest estimate was adopted. Hence, we may with safety add 
ten per cent, to the sums contributed for all purposes, and, in round 
numbers, accept $100,000, as the measure of our liberality for the 
year 1866. 

The number of families who contributed this sum is 9108 : allow- 
ing 5 to a family — each individual — man, woman and child, gave 
$2.10. At the same time, the number of communicants contribut- 
ing was 13,743, being an average to each communicant of *$7.27, 
which, on the whole, exhibits a creditable degree' of liberality. 

REPORTS. 

Only 14 congregations in the whole Church have been met with 
who are in the habit of printing and circulating annual reports 
respecting their finances and general management. It is proper 
to state that in each case they have proved of immense advantage 
to these congregations, and, indeed, more than one dates the com- 
mencement of its prosperity, from the time when full and accurate 



* The C. P. Church in 1866 report $7.50 from each communicant. 



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statements of the receipts and disbursements were placed in the 
hands of every member of the congregation. The principle is unde- 
niably right that all who pay money should know how their money 
is expended.. Besides, it is expedient : people who pay their obli- 
gations punctually, have, generally, no objections to see their names 
in print, while the publishing the names of those who do not, soon 
shames them into better habits. The cost involved is triflino-. 
Though to some, it may seem a small matter, it is yet important, as 
affording an index of exact business habits worthy of commendation. 
Every congregation ought to adopt the practice, and, along with 
it, such a systematic plan of collecting all revenues of the Church 
and contributions for the Schemes, as would insure prompt and 
regular payments. The want of system and machinery is the 
great want in the Church. The use of printed schedules, it is 
thought, would be productive of good results. In Scotland, where 
such have been in use for some time, the value has been tested 
in a most satisfactory manner. There is no longer any doubt in 
the minds of those who have studied this subject, that monthly 
or quarterly collections, gathered by visitors going from house 
to house, is of all other modes, the best for obtaining the means 
needed to carry on Christian work. The schedule system has 
many advantages: 1. It prevents loss arising from the absence of 
members of a congregation. 2. It demolishes the plea of bad 
weather and bad roads so often urged in extenuation of small 
meetings and small collections. 3. There can be no mistake as to 
the day appointed for taking up a particular collection. 4. Chris- 
tian people would be led to give the matter deliberation, and in 
course of time become habituated to regular giving, " as God has 
prospered them." And, besides, this lay agency going out and in 
frequently among the members of a congregation, would unite 
them more closely in the bonds of brotherhood, and lead to greater 
pleasure and cordiality in the work of contribution. The Synod is 
earnestly entreated to sanction the use of collection cards or sche- 
dules in every congregation. A sample of such a schedule as is 
deemed suitable for our Church, is herewith submitted. They can 
be furnished at the rate of $2.50 per 1000. 



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receive like aid. Assistance received in this way may be said to 
have been simply an accident — not because of any particular merit 
in the recipients — and others are now as needful as ever they were. 
It would seem to be a simple act of justice that those who have been 
thus favoured should now, in turn, taste the blessedness of giving, 
and institute a Manse and Glebe fund, for those new congregations 
who, struggling under difficulties to support ordinances, are not in a 
position to possess themselves of these indispensable requisites to a 
well ordered congregation. 

Of Glebe lands we have 3,265 acres. The revenue of a few of 
them is applied to Ministers' salaries. As a general rule, how- 
ever, the Glebe is, as it ought to be, the Minister's perquisite. 
Seven Congregations have Glebes of 200 acres : eleven, of 100 
acres : nine, of 50 acres. The remainder have from two to 
forty acres each. In country congregations, no Ministers should 
have less than ten acres of good land. Large Glebes are not pro- 
fitable. 

Our Churches, Manses and Glebes are encumbered with debt to 
the aggregate amount of $83,426, spread over forty congregations. 
Eighty-six congregations have no debt on their Church property. 
$54,148 of the debt lies against 8 Churches in the cities of London, 
Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal, Three Rivers, and Quebec ; the largest 
amount on one Church, being $30,000. The remaining $28,780, 
is distributed over 32 congregations, of which eleven are in 
towns, leaving only 21 country congregations burdened with a small 
amount of debt. 

WORSHIP AND PSALMODY. 

In respect of the form of worship in our Churches, there is little 
to note. It varies in no important particular from the usages and 
practices of the Church of Scotland. Instrumental music has been 
introduced in twelve Congregations, St. Andrew's Congregation, 
Montreal, having recently procured a very fine organ built in 
Canada, at a cost of $5000. The Congregations usually sit while 
singing ; a standing position, however, during this part of the ser- 
vice, has been adopted by two or three congregations. In very 
few cases was it observed that the collection of Hymns prepared 



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by the Synod's Committee, is used in public worship. The prose 
version of a psalm, or portion thereof, is chaunted during the 
service, in one congregation, and with excellent effect. In two or 
three country Churches was noticed the unnatural custom — now 
nearly obsolete — of the male portion of the Congregation occupying 
one side of the Church, and the female the other side. In one, 
the whole congregation stood with their backs turned towards the 
Minister during prayer. Congregational singing, upon the whole, 
is very imperfectly conducted. As was well remarked by one at 
a congregational meeting, " it would be a good thing to have a 
Psalmody Scheme.'''' In many Churches only a fractional part of the 
Congregation audibly join in the singing, while in others it cannot 
always be said 

" They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise \ 
They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim: 
Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, 
Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name." 

In too many cases there is a want at once of harmony and hearti- 
ness. It is rare in Presbyterian Churches to hear the voices of a 
whole Congregation swelling the loud chorus, or uniting in sweet 
melody " with heart strings reverberating to every note." Than 
this there is no grander or more effective music on earth. It 
remains to be seen whether the introduction of instrumental music 
will help to bring about the much needed change. While there is 
no small danger of being thus carried to the opposite extreme — a 
style of music quite above the capacities of the masses — there is 
yet no doubt that the organ and melodeon are admirable accompa- 
niments to the human voice, and, when used only as such, are cal- 
culated to render important services in the improvement of Church 
Psalmody. There are other methods worthy of consideration. In 
nearly every Congregation there are some endowed by nature with 
" the gift of song." Were they to take the matter up, and by 
weekly praise-meetings endeavour to communicate a share of this 
enviable gift to others, the result would be surprising. Many 
accustomed to call themselves " timmer tuned" would find ere 
long that they can sing. Among children, especially, the 
task would be an easy and delightfnl one. Were each Minister to 



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recommend and encourage, in every household, singing at family 
worship, in this way, improvement might be expected. 

QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY AND COLLEGE. 

This Report would be incomplete without some allusion to Queen's 
College, the origin and foundation of which form no inconsiderable 
part of the history of the Church. Very soon after the formation 
of the Synod, the importance to the Church in Canada of a theolo- 
gical school began to be felt and acted upon, and, from the first, 
it was considered advisable, that it should embrace the general 
objects of a Collegiate institution, and, thus, be the means of afford- 
ing a liberal education to the youth of Canada.' Donations for this 
purpose began to be received in December, 1839, and ultimately 
amounted to 134,955 in money. In 1840 the College was incorpor- 
ated by an act of the Parliament of Upper Canada as " the Univer- 
sity at Kingston." This act was afterwards pro forma disallowed in 
order that the College might be constituted by Royal Charter, 
which was granted in the following year, and bears date at West- 
minster the 16th day of October. The Charter constitutes all the 
Ministers and members in fall communion with the Presbyterian 
Church of Canada, in connection with the Church of Scotland, one 
body corporate by the name and style of " Queen's College at 
Kingston," and provides that this Corporation shall have perpe- 
tual succession " with the style and privileges of an University." 
The Charter names eleven Ministers, the Principal for the time 
being, and fifteen laymen to be Trustees of the Corporation, and 
provides for their succession. To this Board the conveyances of 
estate made to the University at Kingston, as originally established 
were transferred by authority of an act of Parliament passed in 1846 ( 
and the Board found that they then held 2,264 acres of land granted 
by various owners, and situated in Upper Canada, with several lots 
in the City of Toronto. These lands were valued at $6,928, but sales 
have shewn this estimate to have been in excess of the real value. 
Classes in Arts and Divinity were opened in 1842, and w r ere taught 
for a number of years in buildings rented for the purpose. In 1853 
purchase was made of the Summer-Hill property in the city of 
Kingston, consisting of six acres of land, with a large and substan- 



155 



tial stone edifice, to which the classes were forthwith transferred. 
Shortly, thereafter, a building fund was formed which, in April, 
1858, amounted to $12,622. With this sum and reserved funds 
of the original foundation, the property was entirely relieved from 
debt, the whole cost being $35,993. Additional accomodation 
having been found necessary, another building was erected at an 
expenditure of upward? of $10,000. The faculty of medicine was 
constituted, and medical classes opened in 1854. In 1861 an 
attempt was made to organize a faculty of the Law. Three lecturers 
were appointed, but as it was found impossible to provide salaries 
from the funds of the College, after a year or two, it was discon- 
tinued. Hitherto Students for the Ministry in connection with the 
Church of Scotland have been exempted from Class fees. It has, 
however, been found that Students who, at the commencement of 
their course, avowed their intention of studying for the Ministry, 
changed their minds, and though under written obligation to pay fees, 
should they do so, failed in the fulfilment of this promise, with but few 
exceptions. On this state of things continually becoming more unsatis- 
factory, the Trustees asked and obtained the permission of the Synod, 
in 1865, to charge class fees, from all students alike, and to return 
the fees to Students for the Ministry by instalment during their 
attendance at the Theological Hall. This arrangement will come 
into force next session. During the past session fifteen Students of 
Divinity were registered, four of whom appear before the present 
meeting of Synod as Candidates for license. There were also 34 
Students in Arts registered, making a total of 49. The Register 
also shows 72 Undergraduates in Medicine, attending the Royal 
College of Physicians and Surgeons, an Institution incorporated by 
act of Parliament, and affiliated to the University in 1866, when 
the teaching department of the Faculty of Medicine in Queen's 
College was discontinued. Since the opening of the College in 
1842 there have been registered 676 Students in the various facul- 
ties, and the Senate has conferred 573 degrees, viz : 174 in Arts ; 
175 in Medicine ; 15 in Theology, and 9 in Law. In order to 
convey some idea of the services rendered to the Church by this 
Institution, a list is appended shewing that 67 Ministers and Licen- 
tiates of this Synod have here received their education, in whole or 



156 

in part. It also shews that 19 of its Students have been, or now 
are, engaged in the work of the Ministry in other Churches. 

The ordinary revenue of the University for' last year was as 
follows : — - 



Government Grant $5000 00 

Grant from the Colonial Committee of £300 stg. 1463 34 

From the Temporalities Fund 2000 00 

Interest from Investments 2 765 17 

Fees 870 40 

Rent of Medical Hall 9 months 187 50 



$12,286 41 

The expenditure for the year was : — 

Salaries of six Professors. $9600 00 

Salaries of Secretary, Janitor, and other officers 922 50 

Contingencies 1539 49 



$12,061 99 

The Principal receives a Salary of $2200 with house accommodation. The 
Salaries of the other Professors range from $1200 to $1600. 

The Library contains over 8000 volumes, a descriptive catalogue 
of which is in preparation. There is a very fine collection of 
mineralogical and other specimens, but the want of necessary accom- 
modation and funds has hitherto prevented its proper arrangement 
in the Museum. 



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List of Ministers and Licentiates of the Presbyterian Church of 



Canada in connection with Church 
studied at Queen's College, Kingston. 



of Scotland, who have 



1 George Bell, B. A. 



2 John B. Mowat, M.A 

3 William Bain, M.A 

4 James T. Paul 

5 Alexander Wallace, B.A. 

6 John Campbell, M.A 

7 Kenneth Maclennan, B.A. 

8 William Johnson, M.A. . 

9 John H. Mackerras, M.A. 

10 David Watson, M.A 

lllDuncan Morrison, B.A.. . 

12 j Frederick P. Sym 

13|George D. Ferguson, B.A. 

14 ! James Gordon, M.A 

15lPeter Lindsay, B.A 

16[ John Lindsay, B.A 

17 James McEvven, M.A. . . . 

18 Peter Watson, B.A 

19 Donald Macdonald, B.A. 

20i George Weir, M.A 

21 1 William E. Mac Kay, B A. 

22|Wiliam Bell, M.A 

23 Joseph Evans, M.A 

24 1 William C. Clark 

25 Alex. Maclennan, B.A — 

26 Donald J. McLean, B.A. 

27 Donald Ross 

28|John Livingston, B,A 

29jDavid Camelou 

30 Robert Campbell, M.A.. . 

31 James Carmichael 

32[George Forteous 

33 James Sieveright, B.A. . . 
34 1 James Douglas, B.A. . . . 

35lProsper C. Leger 

36 j Hugh J. Borthwick, B.A. 

37 James S. Mullan 

33 1 D. J. Macdonnell, B.D.. . 

39Joshua Fraser, B.A 

40lArchibald Currie, M.A.. . 

41 1 James McCaul, B.A 

42! William Darrach 

43 Hugh Cameron 

James B. Mullan 

Walter Ross, M.A 

Alex. Dawson, B.A 

Duncan Macdonald, M.A. 

Donald Ross, B.D 

Thomas Hart, B.A 

John Barr 

John D. Robertson 

John Gordon, B.A 

William Hamilton 

Alex. Hunter, B.A 

Johri>S. Lochead, B.A. . . 
Alex. Macdonald, B.A. . . 
James C Smith, M.A. . . . 

John McMillan, B.D 

Alex. N. McQuarrie, B.A 

Hugh Lamont 

John R. Ross, B.A 

Robert Jardine, B.D 

Matthew W. Maclean 

William T. Wilkins 

Ewan Macaulay, B.A 

Henry Edmison, M.A 

Alex. Jamieson, B.A.... 



1842 
1st 
Ses. 
1842 
1843 
1843 
184 ; 
1844 
1845 
1S46 
1847 
1847 
1S4S 
18 IS 
1S4S 
1848 
1849 
1849 
1849 
1849 
1851 
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1852 
185- 
1852 
1851 
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1853 
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1855 

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1855 

1854 

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1856 

185 

1S56 

1X57 

1X57 

1S57 

1859 

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1X5X 

1858 

1X5X 

1858 

1X5X 

1X59 

1859 

1861 

1X57 

1869 

1863 

1863 



1869 



1842 
2nd 
Ses. 
1815 
1844 
1844 
1844 
1851 
1X50 
1851 
1X5,2 
1X52 
1X50 
1X51 
1851 
1853 
1852 
1X53 
1X58 
ls55 
1855 
1x53 
1855 

1X55 
1857 
1857 
1861 
1M31 
1858 

1858 
1858 
1858 
185X 
1860 
1856 
1858 
1857 
1857 
1861 

I860 
1X62 
1861 
1862 
1X61 
1861 
1851 
1861 
1862 
1852 
1X52 
18 2 
1X62 
1X6,2 
1X63 
1X63 
1868 
1864 
1S64 
1X6,8 
1864 
1X68 
1863 
1X54 
1855 
1X64 
1X64 
1X65 
1S65 
186,4 



) Now at Clifton. Formerly at Cumberland, and 
i Simcoe. 

Now at Q. C Kingston. Formerly at Niagara. 
At Perth. 

Formerly of St. Louis de Gonzague. Now retired. 
At Huntingdon. 

Died at Nottawasaga, August 22. 1864. 
At Whitby. Formerly at Dundas, and Paisley. 
For. at Saltfieet, L'Orig. , A'prior, L'say. Now retired. 
At. Q. C Kingston. Formerly at Bovvmanville. 
At Thorah. 

At Owen Sound. For. at Beckwith, and Brockville. 

At Beauharnois. Formerly at Woodstock. 

At L'Orignal. Formerly at Three Rivers. 

At Dorchester. Formerly at Markham. 

At Arnprior. For. at Richmond, and Cumberland. 

Died at Litchfield, July 13, 1857. 

At Westminster. 

At Williamstown. 

Formerly at Lochiel. Now at Sleat, Skye, Scotland. 

For. Q. C Kingston. Now at Morrin College, Quebec. 

At Orangeville. Formerly at Camden. 

At Pittsburgh. Now in Scotland. 

At Sherbrooke. Formerly at Litchfield, and Oxford. 

At Ormstown. Formerly at Middleville. 

At Mulmur. 

At Middleville. Formerly at Kitley. 

At Dundee. Formerly at Vaughan, and Southwold. 

Died at Dundee, August 15, 1860. 

At Goderich. Formerly at Port Hope. 

At St. Gabriel's, Montreal. Formerly at Gait. 

At West King. 

At Wolfe Island. 

At Chelsea. Formerly at Melbourne, and Ormstown. 

Licentiate residing at Quebec. 

Died at Beauharnois, November 22, 1859. 

Teaching at Ottawa. Formerly at Chelsea. 

At Clarke. 

At Peterboro'. 

At St. Matthew's, Montreal. 

At Brock. 

At Melbourne. Formerly at Roslin. 

Died at Montreal, June IS, 1865. 

At Ross and Westmeath. 

At Spencerville. 

At Beckwith. 

At Kincardine. 

At Litchfield. 

At Chatham, C E. 

Teaching at Perth. 

At Laprairie. 

In Australia. 

At Georgina. 

At Caledon and Mono. 

At Leith and Johnson. 

At Matilda. 

At Nottawasaga. 

At Cumberland and Buckingham. 
At Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia. 
Teaching at Quebec. 
At Finch. 

Missionary in Toronto Presbytery. 
At University of New Brunswick. 
At Paisley. 

At Woodstock, New Brunswick. 
At Southwold. 
At Nelson and Waterdown. 
Teaching at Williamstown. 



N. B.— There were two Sessions in the year 1S42. 



158 



List of Ministers of other Churches who have studied at Queen's 
College, Kingston. 



Thomas Wardrope. . . 

John G. Carruthers , 

Lachlan Macpherson 

Angus McColl , 

John MacKinnon , 

Robert Wallace 

William S. Ball, B.A 

Peter Gray 

David Barr 

John Corbett 

W. B. Curran, B.A 

John May, M.A 

Thomas G. Smith 

George McNutt 

John K. McMorine, M.A 

George J. Caie, B.A 

John Goodwill 

Charles I. Cameron, M.A 
George Milligan, B.A 



1842 
1st I 
Ses.l 
1842 
1842 
1842 
1842 
1842 
1842 
1843 
1843 
1842 
1856 
1854 ; 
1S47; 
1858, 
18561 
1858, 



1859 



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2nd 
Ses. 
1842 
1843 
1843 
1843 
1843 
1843 
1843 
1843 
1843 
is-,s 
1856 
1848 
1859 
1862 
1860 
1863 
1862 
1863 



Now Can. Presbyterian Minister at Ottawa. 

Now Can. Presbyterian Minister without a charge. 
Now Free Church Minister at Williams. 
Now Can. Presbyterian Minister at Chatham, C. W. 
Deceased. Formerly C. P. Minister at Owen Sound. 
Now Can. Presbyterian Minister at Drummondville. 
Now Can. Presbyterian Minister at Guelph. 
Now Can. Presbyterian Minister at Kingston. 
Now Episcopal Minister in Southern States. 
Now a Minister of Wesleyan Methodist Church. 
Now Episcopal Minister at Montreal. 
Now Episcopal Minister at March. 
Now P. Min. at Fond-du-lac, U.S., for. of Melbourne. 
Formerly an Episcopal, now a Baptist Min . in Toronto. 
Formerly of Douglas, now an Episcopal Deacon. 
Now Ch. of Scot. Min. at Portland, St. John's, N. B. 
Now Ch. of Scotland Minister at Roger's Hill, N. S. 
Now Ch. of Scotland Missionary at Bombay, India. 
Now a Licentiate of the O. S. Pres. Church of U.S. 



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MORRIS COLLEGE, QUEBEC. 

This Institution- owes its existence to the late Dr. Joseph Morrin 
of Quebec, who in September, 1860, executed a Deed of Trust, 
making over to parties therein named certain immoveable proper- 
ties and sums of money, " for the establishment of a University or 
College within the city of Quebec, for the instruction of youth in 
the higher branches of learning, and especially for young men for 
the Ministry for the Church of Scotland, in the Province of Cana- 
da." In conformity with the views of its benevolent founder, and 
with the Act of Incorporation passed in 1861, this College was 
opened on the 6th of November, 1862. The Rev. John Cook, D.D., 
of St. Andrew's Church, Quebec, having been named by the testa- 
tor as its first Principal, now occupies that position and is Primarius 
Professor of Divinity. The Rev. George Weir, A.M., formerly of 
Queen's College, is Professor of Hebrew, Church History and 
Classics. The Board of Governors consists of twelve members. 

During the four years that have elapsed since its commencement, 
six of its students have taken the degree of B.A. in McGill Univer- 
sity, with which the College is affiliated. There are at present 
three Students of Divinity. 

The number of general students has varied from twelve to twenty. 
It is in contemplation to erect a College Building. 

Concluding Remarks. 

In reviewing the history and present position of the Church, atten- 
tion is first arrested by the advantages that have been derived at 
various times and from different sources, and, chiefly, through our 
connection with the Church of Scotland. It has been shewn that 
from the Imperial and Canadian Governments, in addition to grants 
of lands for sites and glebes, we have received pecuniary aid to 
build Churches and to support Ministers. By virtue of our connec- 
tion with the Church of Scotland we became participators in the 
Clergy Reserve Fund, and, when that w T as abrogated, though we 
may not have got all we then thought we were entitled to, we yet 
received a sum of money large enough to be the nucleus of a valuable 
sustentation fund. To the Canada Company, the Seigneur of 



161 



Beauharnois, and other kind friends, we have also been placed under 
obligations. 

What has the Colonial Committee of the Church of Scotland not 
done for us ? How many Ministers have come to Canada through 
that agency cannot now be easily ascertained : the names of 67, at 
least, occur in connection with the History of these Congregations * 
Twenty-seven of our present Ministers were sent to us by the 
Colonial Committee. Nor can it be stated how much aid, in all, has 
been received for Church building ; 23 cases, however, inciden- 
tally appear to have received $7,900. The truth is that ever 
since our Church began, the prayers and practical sympathies of 
the good old Mother Church have been unceasingly wafted to us 
across the ocean. During the last five years alone, as the following 
table shews, there has been expended for the benefit of the Church 
and College by the Colonial Committee, no less than $32,425. 



Year. 


For 
Missionaries. 


Outfits. 


Grants 
to 

Churches. 


To 
Queen's 
College. 


120 copies 
of 
Record. 


Totals. 


1862 


£620 10 4 


£77 18 


0 


£90 


£350 


£8 


£1146 8 2 


1863 


446 9 2 


119 12 


0 


115 


350 


8 


1039 1 2 


1864 


571 19 5 


85 13 


0 


75 


350 


8 


1090 12 5 


1865 


853 14 2 


141 0 


0 


315 


350 


8 


1667 14 2 


1866 


1052 15 10 


51 0 


0 


80 


350 


8 


1541 15 10 


Totals 


£3545 8 9 


£475 3 


0 


£675 


£1750 


£40 


£6485 11 9 



It is not for us to boast of this connection nor these advantages, 
but rather to endeavour to realize the responsibilities arising from 
them. There is yet ample scope in Canada for the united efforts 
of all our Congregations in the support of Home Missions. Though 
not at present committed to the support of a Foreign Mission, 
there is no reason why our Church should not in some way — other 
than through the Sabbath Schools — engage heartily in this work. 

" Shall we whose souls are lighted 
With wisdom from on high : 
Shall we to men benighted 
The Lamp of Life deny ? " 



(*) Besides these, 28 came under the auspices of " the Glasgow Society for pro- 
moting the religious interest of Scottish settlers in British North America." This 
Society was organized in 1825, Dr. Burns of Paisley, and now of Toronto, was 
one of its most active and useful Secretaries. It was the forerunner of the As- 
sembly's Colonial Committee with which it united in 1840. 

L 



162 



This we can do, and not leave the other undone : other Churches 
are setting us a worthy example. The growth of the population 
of these Provinces — perhaps the most remarkable on record — is of 
itself a sufficient incentive for us, as a Church, to be up and doing. 
The rapid extension of another system of Eeligion amongst us pre- 
sents also a stimulus to work and watchfulness : while we would speak 
and judge of it charitably, we are bound as Protestants to resist 
its encroachments. Never was there a time when greater need 
existed for vigilance and active co-operation ; and our Church, to 
occupy a position of honour and usefulness, must avail itself of 
every appliance that may be found conducive to success in Christian 
work. 

While some, with plausible ingenuity, are sedulously endeavouring 
to shew the points of agreement existing between Protestants and the 
system against which they protested, with a view to a reunion, and 
others treat the points on which we differ as mere trifling matters 
of form, let us " hold fast the profession of our faith " — " putting 
on the whole armour of God, that we may be able to stand in the 
evil day, and having done all, TO stand." 

Some, nowadays, would magnify the Sacraments into means of 
Salvation. Some seek for a revival of Religion in the restoration 
of Church Architecture ; some in a gorgeous ritual and an elaborate 
and decorous liturgy ; some in posture at praise and prayer. Some 
would even seem to pin their faith upon " mediaeval mil- 
linery." Others, calling themselves Protestants, advocate the 
restoral of the confessional, of bodily mortifications, of penance, of 
invocation of saints, of monkish seclusion, morbid asceticism, and 
clerical celibacy. While it is not to be denied that a certain im- 
portance may attach to some of these, it were evidence of a weak 
mind unduly to trust to mere externals : and yet, it is incumbent on 
all true friends of the Church to enquire into the means of rendering 
our worship as instructive, as impressive, as edifying, and as inter- 
esting as possible. Slow to admit of innovations, we should seek 
to divest ourselves of narrow-minded prejudices and bigotry. 

It is expected, perhaps, that something should be said in this 
Report on the subject of " Union with other Presbyterians." In 
respect of this, your Agent, in his public addresses, has studiously 
avoided any attempt to influence the members of our Church in 



163 



one direction or in the other. Of the desirableness of such a union, 
there cannot be two opinions : with regard to its practicability, we 
are not at all agreed. This being the case, wisdom and sound 
policy alike dictate that, for the present, the proposition be held in 
abeyance, and that with united energies we, one and all, apply 
ourselves to the work of developing and utilizing the untold re- 
sources and power that yet lie dormant in our congregations. 

Sooner or later a union with the Synods of the Lower Provinces 
must follow in the wake of Confederation. It is worthy of the con- 
sideration of this Synod, whether it were not wise now to give 
some consideration to the proposition of establishing a General 
Assembly for the Dominion of Canada. 

Though other matters, interesting and important, might have been 
touched upon, the length to which this Report has already ex- 
tended forbids the attempt. It is hoped that the remarks submitted 
will be received in the like friendly spirit which suggested them. 
If the weak points of our Church have been exposed it has been 
from no desire to disparage, or to place us in an unfavourable light 
as compared with others. All that has been observed — and that 
is not a little— of the state of other Protestant Churches through- 
out Canada, leads to the belief that in nearly every matter here 
alluded to they are as needful of reformation as we are. There is 
work for us all to do, and it is to be hoped that with them we may 
be enabled to cultivate, increasingly, feelings of friendly relation- 
ship and co-operation. 

Words more appropriate to the conclusion of this Report cannot 
be found than those contained in the following few sentences, quoted 
from the Church of Scotland Magazine for 1853, page 645 : 

" The battle of the Church is not to be fought in General Assem- 
blies or other Church Courts ; nor in the High Court of Parlia- 
ment ; but it is to be fought and won in our parishes, and at the 
firesides of the humblest of our country's population. The sooner 
our Clergy know this and act upon it the better. If any amongst 
them are not willing to become laborious workmen in the vineyard 
of God, to spend and be spent in the Church's service ; always at 
their post and always working ; let them know that they are traitors 
to their Church and a disgrace to their profession. These are not 
the days when the Church can contemplate with patience the case 



164 



even of a single individual eating her bread and not doing her 

work, or doing it superficially Let every one who has 

the status of a Minister make it a matter of conscience to do a 
Minister's work. By the great oath which he registered in Heaven 
on his ordination day, by the undoubted commandment of God's 
word, by the present exigences of the Church, he is bound to give 
himself up exclusively to the duties of his profession." 

Whether or not the labour of these fifteen months may have been 
productive of good results, or have been like water spilled upon the 
ground, remains to be seen. Whether or not your Committee will 
have it in their power to point in future years to a marked and 
satisfactory increase of liberality among our adherents, depends not 
on feeble human agency, but on Him " who giveth the increase." 
It will be something for us at least to say, "we have done what we 
could." 

All which is respectfully submitted. 

JAMES CROIL. 



Alphabetical List of Ministers and Licentiates 

Connected with the Church of Scotland in Canada from the year 

1765 to 1867. 

Abbreviations used in this Table:— Q. C. denotes Queen's College, Kingston, Canada; 
Col. Com. stands for Colonial Committee of the Church of Scotland; G las. So. for the Glasgow 
Society for promoting the religious interests of Scottish settlers in British North America ; 
U. 8. U. C. for the United Synod of Upper Canada; Ass. S. S. for the Associate Synod of Scotland; 
U. S. for United States; /. Pr. Ch. the Presbyterian Church of Ireland; Oh. of S. for the Church 
of Scotland. An asterisk placed over the date of ordination denotes the year in which the 
minister became connected with the Church in Canada, the date of ordination not having been 
ascertained. 



NAMES. 



Aitken, William 

Alexander, Thomas, MA 

Allan, Daniel, 

Anderson, Duncan, M.A. 

Anderson, James , 

Anderson, Joseph, M.A. , 

Bain, James , 

Bain, "William, M.A 

Balmain, John 

Barclay, John . 

Barclay, John, D.D . 

Baridon, Louis 

Barr, John , 

Barr, William , 



Bayne, John, D.D 

Baynes, John William . 
Bell, Andrew 



Bell, George, BA. 



Bell, Peter , 

Bell, William, M.A 

Bell, William, M.A 

Bell, William, M.A 



Bethune, John 

Black, Edward, D.D. 



Black, William M. 
Black, David 



Black, James, M.A 

Blair, Andrew 

Blair, George, M.A 

Blood, William 

Borthwick, Hugh J., M.A. 

Boyd, Bobert, D.D 

Brown, David 



Scot.. 
Scot.. 
Scot.. 
Scot.. 
Scot.. 
Irel'd. 
Scot.. 
Scot.. 
Scot., 
Scot. , 
Scot . . 
Switz, 
Scot.. 
Irel'd. 



Scot. 
U.S. 
Engl. 



Can... 



Scot.. 
Scot., 
Can... 
Irel'd. 



Scot. 
Scot. 



Can... 
Scot.. 

Scot.. 
Scot.. 
Scot., 
Irel'd. 
Scot., 
Irel'd, 
Scot., 



Brown, John Scot . . 

Brown, William Irel'd. 

Bruce, John Scot.. 

Brunton, William Scot. . 

Bryning, John Engl. . 

Buchan, Alexander Scot . . 

Buchanan, George ! Scot . . 

Burnet, John S jScot. . 

Burnet, Robert I Scot. . 



Educated. 



Edinburgh . 



Aberdeen 
Aberdeen 
Aberdeen 
Glasgow . 

Q.'d'.'.'.'.'.'. 



Edinburgh. 
Glas. & Ed. 



Q.C... 

Belfast 



Glasgow 



Q.C... 



Glasgow 

Q.C.&Glasg 
Belfast 



Edinburgh. 



Edinburgh . 
Edinburgh. 

Glasgow . . . 



St. Andrews 
Ed.'&Q.'c! 
Edinburgh. 
Edinburgh. 



Aberdeen . . 
Edinburgh . 



Edinburgh. 
Ed. & Ab.. 



From 



Col Com 
Glas. So, 
Glas. So, 
Col Com 



U.S.U.C 
U.P.Ch. 



Ch. of S. 
Ch. of S. 



I.Pr.Ch. 
Glas. So. 
U.S.U.C 



Ch. of S. 
Ass. S. S. 



I.Pr.Ch. 
About. . 
Ch. of S. 



Ch. of S. 

Col Com 
Col Com 
Ch. of S. 
Pr. Cb . . 



U.S.U.C 
Ch. of S, 



Ch. of S, 
U.P.Ch. 



Ch. of S. 
U.S.U.C 
Col Com 
Ass. S.S. 
Col Com 
Col Com 



1864 
1835 
1838 
1854 
1835 
1830 
1826 
1845 



1821 
1 842 



1834 
1S2S 



1817 
1863 
1848 



1771 

1823 



1837 

1860 
1851 
1843 
1840 
1862 
1821 
1S33 

1852 
1846 



Charges 
held. 



1820 
1830 
1842 
1822 
1863 
1S--:J 



Vaughan.. . . 

Coburg 

Stratford . . . 
Point Levi . . 
Ormstown . . 
South Gower 

Scarboro 

Perth 

Licentiate . . 
Kingston . . . 
Toronto .... 
Missionary... 
Laprairie... . 
Trafalgar, 
Wawanosh. . 

Gait 

Missionary... 
Toronto 

Township, 
Dundas, 
L'Orignal .. . 
Cumberland, 
Simcoe, 

Clifton 

Licentiate. 

Perth 

Pittsburg.. . 
Stratford, 
Easthope . . . 
Montreal, 
Williamst'n. 
St. Gabriel's 
& St. Paul's, 
Montreal . . . 
Licentiate . . 
Laprairie, 
St. Therese. . 
Chatham . . . 
Missionary... 
Licentiate . . 
Lachute .... 
Chelsea .... 

Prescott 

Yalcartier . . 



REMARKS 



Newmarket . 

Uxbridge 

Missionary... 

Lachine 

Mt. Pleasant 
Inv.. Stirling 
Beckwith. 
At Cornwall. 
Hamilton . . 



Now Minister of. 
'Seceded 1844. 
Seceded 1844. 
Now Minister of. 
[Died there 1861. 
! Retired 1864. 
'Now Minister of. 
[Now Minister of. 
'Resides in Montreal. 
Died there 1826. 
Now Minister of. 
Resigned 1864. 
Now Minister of. 

Now Minister of. 
Seceded '44, died '59. 
Returned to U.S. "49. 



Died there 1856. 



Now Minister of. 



Died there 1857. 
Resigned 1867. 



Now Minister of. 
Died there 1815. 



Died there 1845. 
Resides in Montreal 

Seceded 1844. 
Resigned 1864. 
Died in Scotland. 
Super, of Schools. 
Drowned at sea. 
Resigned 1864. 
Seceded 1844. 
Resigned 1837. 

Now Minister of. 
Died there 1853. 
Returned to Scotl'd. 
Resigned 1822. 
Died there 1853. 
Now Ministerof . 

Now assistant Min. 
Now Minister of. 



166 

Alphabetical List of Ministers, &c. — Continued. 



NAMES. 



Educated. 



From 



Charges 
held. 



REMARKS. 



Burns, John Scot 



Burns, John, M.A , 

Caims, James, M.D 

Calhoun, James 

Camelon, David 



Cameron, Charles I.B.A. . , 
Cameron, Hugh 



Cameron, John, M.A. 



Campbell, Charles. . . . 
Campbell, John, M.A. 
Campbell, John, M.A. 



Campbell, Peter Colin, D.D.. 



Campbell, Robert, M.A. 



Canning, "William T 

©armiehael, James, M.A. 

Carruthers, J 

Chambers, John Park. . . . 

Charbonell, M 

Cheyne, George, M.A. . . . 



Clark, William C. 



Clark, Daniel 

Cleland, "William 

Clugston, John 

Cochrane, William.... 
Colquhoun, Archibald. 



M. 



Connell, Archibald, 

Cook, John, D.D , 

Creen, Thomas 

Cruickshank, John, D.D. 



Currie, Archibald, M.A. 



Cuthbertson, Samuel. 

Darrach, William 

Darroch, John, M.A... 
Davidson, John 



Dawson, Alex., B.A.. 



Dickie, John 

Dobie, Robert 

Douglas, James, B.A. 
Douglass, James 



Douglas, James S., M.A 

Dunbar, William 

Duncan, Robert 

Dunn, John 



Durie, William 

Dyer, John 

Eastman, Daniel W. 



Scot. 
Scot. 
Irel'd 
Scot. 

Scot. 
Scot. 

N.S. 

Scot. 
Scot. 
Can.., 

Scot. 



Can. 



irel'd. 

Scot. . 
Scot.. 
Irel'd. 



Glasgow. . . 



U.S... 

Ch. of I 



1810 
1821 



C 

Q. c 

Q.c 

Glasgow. . . . 

Ed. & St. An, 

Q. C 

u. s 

Edinburgh . . 



C 



Col Com 



Col Com 
Col Com 



Glas. So, 



1846 
1859 

1 865 
1862 

1861 

1858 
1853 
1854 

1836 



Belfast 

Q. C. & Glas. 



1862 

1849 
1860 



Scot. 

Scot. , 

Scot. , 
Irel'd, 
Scot., 
Scot.. 
Scot., 



Q. C 

Aberdeen . , 
Belfast 
Glasgow. . . 
Glasgow... 



Scot.. 
Scot.. 
Irel'd. 
Scot. . 



Scot. 

Irel'd 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 



Can..., 

Irel'd. 
Scot.. 
Can..., 
Irel'd. 



Glasgow . . . 
Edinburgh 



Aberdeen . . 



Ch. of S, 



Col Com 
U.S.... 

Glas. So. 
Col Com 
Glas. So. 



Ch. of S. 
Ch. of S. 
U.S.U.C 
Ch. of S. 



Q. C, 



Q. C 

Princeton. . 
Glasgow. . . 



Q. C. 



Gl. & St. An, 

Q. 0 



Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 

Scot. 



Glasgow. . . , 
Relief Ch... 



U.S.. 



U.S.U.C 
Col.Com 



Col Com 
Col Com 
Ch. of S. 
U.S.... 

Col.Com 



U.S.U.C 



1858 

1839 
1850 
1830 
1862 
1832 



1825 
1835 
1819 
1828 



1861 

1840 
1861 
1861 
1844 



1863 

* 

1841 
1853 

1823 
* 

1858 
1847 

1794 

1847 

1840 



Niagara .... 
St. An. Mon. 
Missionary... 
Missionary... 
Port Hope, 
G oderich . . . 
Missionary .. 
Ross&West- 
meath .... 
Dundee .... 

Niagara . . . 
Nottawasaga 
Brock, 
Markham . 
Brockville 



Gait, 

St. Gabriel'i 
Montreal. 
Douglas, 

Oxford 

West King. 
Catechist... 
Licentiate . 
French Missi 
Amherstbg' 
Saltfleet . . . 
Middleville. 
Ormstown . 
Indian Lands 
Uxbridge... . 

Quebec 

Elgin, Q.C. 
Georgetown, 
Dummer, 
Mulmur .... 
Martintown 

Quebec 

Niagara. .... 
Bytown, 
Brockville, 
Niagara. 
Cote St.Geo., 

Brock 

Missionary .. 
Pt.StCharles 

Lochiel 

Laprairie, 

NewCarlisle, 

NewRichmd, 

Williamsb'g. 

Kincardine.. 

Williamsb'g. 
03nabruck.. 
Licentiate . . 
Cavan 



Peterboro . 
Missionary 
Missionary 
Niagara . . . 

Bytown . . . 
Licentiate . 
Grimsby. 



Died there 1824. 
Returned to S. 1826. 
Seceded 1844. 
Dismissed 1847. 

Now Minister of. 
Now in India. 

Now Minister of. 
Now Min. of Camp- 
beltown, Scotl'd. 
Now Minister of. 
Died there 1864. 

Now Minister of. 
Now Principal of 

University of 

Aberdeen. 



Now Minister o f . 

Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Died 1866. 
Dismissed 1847. 
onary. 

Seceded 1841. 

Now Minister of. 
Seceded 1844. 
Now Minister of. 
Seceded 1844. 
Now Minister of. 



Retired 1861. 
Died there 1836. 
Now Minister of. 
Sec. to Ch. of Engl'd 
Now Minister of 
Turriff, Scotland. 



Now Minister of. 
Seceded 1845. 
Died there 1865. 
Now Minister ©f 
Portree, Scotland. 



Now Minister of. 
Seceded 1867. 

Died there 1851. 
Now Minister of. 
Resides in Quebec. 
Seceded 1844. 

Resigned 1864. 
Dismissed 1848. 
Resigned in 1834. 
Drowned 1803. 

Died there 1847. 
Drowned at sea. 



167 

Alphabetical List of Ministers, &c. — Continued. 



NAMES. 



Easton, Robert. 



Edmison, Henry, M.A. 



Epstein, Ephraim, M.D.. 

Esson, Henry, M.A. 
Evans, David 



"I 



Evans, Joseph, M.A 



Fairbairn, John 

Ferguson, George D., B.A 

Ferguson, John, B.A 

Ferguson, Peter 

Ferguson, William, M.A.. 
Findlay, William 

Findlater, Andrew. ...... 

Fletcher, Alexander 

Forbes, Alexander 

Forrest. Robert 

Fraser, Donald, M.A 

Eraser, Joshua, B.A 

Fraser, Simon C, M.A. . . 
Fraser, Thomas 

Gale, Alexander, M.A... . 

Galloway, George, M.A. . 
Gardiner, Alexander 

Geggie, James 

Gem m ell, Dr. John 

Geoffry Antoine 

George, James, D.D 



Gibson, Hamilton 

Glen, Andrew 

Goepp, M., B.D 

Gordon, Henry 

Gordon, James, M.A 

Gordon, John, B.A 

Gordon, Daniel Miner., B.D 
Grigor, Colin 

Haig, Thomas - 

Hamilton, William 

Harkness. James, D.D 

Hart, Thomas, B.A 

Hay, John 

Henry, George 

Henry, Thomas 

Herald, James 

Hogg, John 



Can.... 

A 
Polish 
Jew. 
Scot.. 
Irel'd. 



Can... 



Scot. 
Can.. 

Can.. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 



Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Can.. 
U. S. 
Scot. 
Scot. 

Scot. 



Scot. 
Scot. 



Scot. 
Scot. 



Scot. 



Scot.. 
Fmce. 
Scot. . 

Scot.. 

N.S.. 
N. S.. 
Scot.. 



Scot.. 

Can... 
Scot.. 
Scot.., 
Scot.. 
Scot.. 
Scot. . 
Scot.. 
Scot.. 



Educated. 



Q.C... 

U. S. 



Aberdeen . 
Glasgow. . 



Q. C... 



Edinburgh... 
Q. C. Ed. & 

Halle. 
Tin. Tor. Q. C 

Aberdeen . . . 



Aberdeen , 
Glasgow. . 
Aberdeen , 



Q. C. 
Q. C. 



Relief Ch. 
Aberdeen . 



Aberdeen 
Aberdeen 



Glasgow. . . , 



Glasgow..., 



Edinburgh.., 

Q. C 

Q. C 

Glasgow 
Glasgow. . . . 

Glasgow. . . . 

Q. C 

Glasgow.... 

Q. C 

Ed. & St. An, 

Military 

Edinburgh.., 
Aberdeen . . . 
Glasgow.... 



From 



Ass. S. S. 



Ch. of S. 

u.s.u.c 



Glas. So. 



U.S.U.C 
Ch. of S. 
Col Com 



Ch. of S. 
Sec. Ch.. 
Col Com 



Glas. So. 
U.S.... 



Ch. of S. 



Glas. So. 
Glas. So. 



U. P. Ch 
U.S.U.C 



U.S... 



Col Com 



Glas. So, 



U.P.Ch. 



Col Com 



Ch. of S. 



Col.Com 
Chapl'n. 



Col Com 
U.P. Ch. 



O e8 



1804 
1866 



1817 
1815 



1S.5S 



is:;:; 
is ,} .3 



1880 
1841 



1819 
184-5 



1867 
1865 
1844 
1819 

1828 



1840 
1837 



1841 
1786 



1S31 



1850 
1817 



is:;;; 



1 



1865 



Charge o 
held, 



St. Gabriel's, 
St. Andrew's 
Montreal. . 
Nelson and 
Waterdown 

Salonica 

Monastir 

St. Gabriel's. 
St. Therese, 
Richmond, 

Kitley 

Oxford, 
Litchfield, 
Sherbrooke . 

Ramsay 

Three Rivers 
L'Orignal .. . 
Licentiate. 
Esquesing . . 
Catechist.... 
Samia 



Licentiate . . 
Martintown 
Inverness. .. 
St. Gabriel's. 
Priceville . . 
Pt.StCharles 

Leeds 

Niagara, 

Lanark 

Amherstburg 
Lachine, 
Hamilton .. . 
Markham . . . 
Markham, 

Fergus 

Vale artier . . 
Dalhousie . . 
Missionary t 
Scarboro, 
Belleville, 
Scarboro, 
Queen's Col.. 
Stratford.... 
Gait, 

Bayfield 

Terrebonne . 
Missionary .. 
Newmarket, 
Gananoque . 
Markham, 
Dorchester .. 
Georgina . . . 

1866 ! Ottawa. 

1843 L'Orignal, 
Guelph, 
Plantaaenet 
1848 Brockville, 
Beauharnois 

1866 Caledan 

1820 Quebec 

Licentiate . . 

1858 Mt. Forest... 

1759 Quebec 

184l!Lachute 

1857IDundas 

1846, Guelph 



REMARKS. 



Died in Montreal '51 

Now Minister of. 
Sent to, 1861. 
Resigned at, 1862. 
Seceded 1844. 



Died at Prescott 
[1864. 

Now Minister of. 
Seceded 1843. 

Now Minister of. 

Died there 1863. 
Now in GlengaryPr. 
Resigned 1842, now 
Min.W.Ch. Stirling 
Returned to Scot. 
Died at Plantagenet 
Now Minister of. 
Resigned 1803. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Seceded 1844. 

Retired 1861. 



Seceded 1844. 
Died there 1844. 

Died there 1841. 
Seceded 1844. 
Died there 1844. 
o French Canadians 



Now Minister of. 

Now Minister of. 

Resigned 1867. 

Seceded 1844. 

Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 

Died there 1861. 

Died 1866. 
Now Minister of. 
Died there 1835. 
Teacher at Perth. 
Died 1866. 
Died there 1795. 
Seceded 1845. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 



168 

Alphabetical List op Ministers, &c. — Continued. 



NAMES. 



Hunter, Alexander, BA 

Inglis, Wm. M., M.A.F.E.S.E 

Jacquemart, M 

Jamieson, Alex., B.A 

Jardine, Robert, M.A., B.D. 

[Sc.D 

Jenkins, John, D.D 

Johnson, Thomas 

Johnson, William, M,A 

Johnston, Joseph 

Kerr, James, M.A 

Ketchan, James, M.A 

King, William 

Kirkland, Hugh 

Lambie, James, M.A* 

Lamont, Hugh 

Lapelletrie, Emile 

Law, George 

Leach, Wm. T., D.C.L 



Leger, Louis Prosper.. . 
Leitch, William, D.D. . 
Leith, Harry 

Lewis, Alexander 

Liddell, Thomas, D.D. . 

Lindsay, John, M.A.... 
Lindsay, Peter, B.A. . . . 

Lindsay, Robert 

Livingston, John, B.A. . 
Livingstone, Martin W 
Lochead, John, S., M.A 

Lyle, Robert 

Machar, John, D.D. . . . 

Mair, Hugh, D.D 

Mair, James 

Mair, William 

Mann, Alexander, M.A 
Marshall, Alex. Porter. 
Masson, William 



Mathieson, Alexander, D.D 

MAllister, William 

Macauley, Duncan 

Macauley, Ewan, B.A 

Macauley, James. 

M'Caughey, Samuel, M.A.. 
M'Caul, James, B.A 



Scot.. 

Scot. . 
Switz. 
Can . . 
Can . . 

Engl. . 

Irel'd. 

Can .. 



Irel'd. 



Scot. 



Scot. . 
Irel'd. 

Irel'd. 
Scot.. 
Iona .. 
Frnce. 
Scot.. 



Scot. 



Frnce, 
Scot.. 
Scot. . 

Irel'd. 
Scot.. 

Scot. . 
Scot.. 



Scot. . 
N. S.. 
Scot. , 
Can . , 
Irel'd. 
Scot.. 
Scot. . 
Scot. . 
Scot.. 
Scot. . 
Scot.. 
Scot.. 



Scot. 



Scot. , 
Scot. . 
Irel'd. 
Irel'd. 
Irel'd, 



Educated. 



Q. c 

Aber. & Ed. 



Q. C. & P'ton 
Q. C.&Edin. 



Hoxton . , 
Belfast . . 
Q.C 



Ed. & St. An 



Glasgow. .. 



Ed. & Q. C. 
France 
Aberdeen . . 



Edinburgh. . 



Q. c 

Glasgow.. 
Aberdeen . 



Edinburgh.. 



Q.C... 
Q.C... 



Q.C 
Glasgow. . , 
Q.C... 



Aber. & Ed.. 
Glasgow.... 
Aberdeen . . . 
Glasgow. . . . 
Aberdeen . . . 



Ab.&St.An 



Glas. & Ed. 



Glasgow 
Q.C... 



Belfast 
Q.C... 



From 



E. Pr. C. 
U.S.TJ.C 



I.Pr.Ch. 



Ch. of S, 



Glas. So. 
U.S.U.C 



I.Pr.Ch. 
Ch. of S. 



BibleSo. 
Col.Com 



Glas. So. 



Ch. of S 
Ch. of S 



U.S.U.C 
Ch. of S. 



Col Com 

U.S.U.C 

U.S.U.C 
Ch. of S. 
U.P.Ch. 
Col.Com 
Ch. of S. 
Col Com 
Col Com 
Col Com 



Ch. of S. 
Glas. So. 
Glas. So. 
U.S.U.C 



im-i 

1862 



1837 
1822 
1852 

1817 
1860 



mi 

1824 

1818 
L841 
l .so; 
1841 
1863 

1833 



1859 

1843 
1822 

1 822 
1829 

1854 
1 8-3;; 



IS.",!) 

1837 
1866 
1822 
1827 
1828 
1856 
183)! 
1840 
1858 
1858 



1826 
1830 
1833 



1855 
1864 



Charges 
held. 



Leith and 

Johnson . . 
Kingston . . . 
Missionary t 
Licentiate, 
Professor of 

sity of Ne 
St. Paul's, 

Montreal.. 
Chingua- 

cousy .... 
Salt Fleet, 
L'Orignal, 
Arnprior, 

Lindsay 

Cornwall, 
Osnabruck, 
Niagara .... 
Asst. St. An., 

Montreal.. 

Belleville... 
Nelson and 
Waterdown 
Lachine .... 
Pickering .. 

Finch 

Montreal '. . . 
Chingua- 

cousy .... 
Toronto, 
York Mills.. 

Beauharnois 
Queen's Col.. 
Cornwall . . . 

Caledon 

Queen's Col.. 

Litchfield... 

Richmond, 

Cumberland, 

Arnprior 

Ayr 

Dundee 

Simcoe 

Matilda .... 

Finch 

Kingston . . . 

Fergus 

Martintown 
Chatham 
Pakenham . . 
Missionary .. 
StJohn'sHa- 

milton, 
Russeltown . 
St. Andrew's, 
Montreal . . . 
Lanark, 

Sarnia 

Leeds 

Southwold. . 
Missionary .. 
Pickering .. 
Roslin, 
Melbourne.. 



REMARKS. 



Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
o French Canadians. 

Logic, &c, Univer- 
w Brunswick. 

Now Minister of. 

Died there 1866. 



Retired 1865. 



Died in Texas 

Drowned at sea, S.S, 

' London.' 
Seceded 1844. 

Died there 1859. 
Resigned 1819. 
Died there 1847. 
Now Minister of. 
Died in France. 

Now Minister of. 

Sec. to Church of 
England, 1842. 

Died there 1859. 

Died at Kingston '64 

Became Minister of 
Rothiemay, Scot. 

Retired 1863. 

Res. 1846, now Min. 
of Lochmaben. 

Died there 1857. 



Now Minister of. 
Seceded 1844. 
Died there 1860. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Died there 1841. 
Died there 1863. 
Died there 1854. 
Now Minister of . 
Died there 1860. 
Now Minister of. 
Retur'dto Scot. 1358 



Now Minister of. 

Now Minister of. 

Seceded 1844. . 
Dismissed 1837. 
Now Minister of. 
Resigned 1841. 
Resigned 1859. 

Now Minister of. 



169 

Alphabetical List of Ministers, &c. — Continued. 



NAMES. 



M'Clatchey. G-eorge 

M'Coll, Alexander 

McCormick, Thomas 

M'Donald. Alexander, B.A. 
M'Donald, Donald, B.A. . . . 



M'Donald, Duncan, II. A. 
M'Donald, John 



Macdonnell, D. J., B.D. . . 
Macdonnell. George 



McDougall. Daniel 

McDougall, Xeil 

McDowall. Robert 

McEwan. James. M.A. . . 
McEwan, William, M.A. 



McFarlane. Robert . . 
McGill, Robert, D.D. 



McGillivray, Daniel, B.A , 
McHntchison, William . . , 
Mcintosh. Angus 



Mclsaac, John, M.A , 

McKay, Alexander, M.A 

McKay, William E., BA... . , 



McKee. William 

McKenzie, Donald 

McKenzie, John. M.A 

McKerras, John H., M.A 

McKid. Alexander 



McKillican, William. 
McLardy, H. J., B.A. 



McLaren, R. G-., B.A 
McLaurin. John 



McLaurin, John, M.A. 



McLean, iEneas 

McLean, Alexander. 
McLean, Donald J., B.A.. 



McLean, Matthew W. 



McLennan, Alex., B.A 

McLennan, Kenneth, B.A 



McLeod, John, M. . . 
McMillan, Duncan. 



McMillan, John, B.D.... 
McMorine, John, D.D 

McMorine, John K., M.A. 



Irel'd 
Scot. 
Scot. 

N.S. 
Scot. 

X. B. 

Scot. 



Scot. , 
Scot. , 
Irel'd, 
Irel'd. 
Irel'd, 



scot. 
Scot. 



X. s. 

Scot. 
Scot. 



Scot. 

n. a. 

Irel'd, 



Irel'd. 
Scot. . 
Aber. 
Scot. . 

Scot. . 



Scot. 
Scot. 



Scot. 
Scot. 



Scot. 



Educated. 



Q. C 

Ed. & Q. C. 

Q.C 

Glasgow. . . 

Q. C, Edin 
Germany . . 
Edinburgh. 



From 



U.S.U.C 



Glasgow. 



Glasgow. . 

Q-C 

Glasgow. . 



Glasgow. . . 

Q.C.&Aber 

deen 

Knox & Q.C 

Belfast 



Scot. 
Scot. 
Can . 

Can . 

Can. 
Can . 



N. S. 
Scot. 



Can 



Q-C 

Aberdeen . . , 

Aberdeen . . . 

Ered'n & Ed 

St. Andrews. 
St. Andrews. 

Glasgow. . 



Q-C 

Q. C. and 
Princeton 

Q-C 

Q.C 



Ed. k Glasg. 



Ch. of S, 



Col Com 
X. Brus. 
Col Com 



Col Com 
Col Com 
U.S.U.C 

i.*Pr!ch. 

Col Com 
Ch. of S. 



Ch. of S, 
Glas. So, 



Ch. of S, 



C.P.Ch. 
Ch. of S. 
Ch. of S, 



Col Com 

Ch. of S. 

Col Com 

Col Com 
Ch. of S. 

Col Com 

X.Scotia 



Ch. of S. 
U.S.U.C 



Q- C 

Edinburgh . . Ch. of S. 
Q-C L... 



s54 



Charges 
held. 



Clinton . . 
Aldboro, 
Missionary 
Xottawasaga 
Lochiel. . 



Litchfield 

Lochiel, 

Beechridge.. 



866 Peterboro . . 

840 Xelson and 
Waterdown, 

Fergus 

*64 Missionary 

S63|Eldon 

800 Fredricksbg 
834 Westminster 
■849 .Belleville, 
t 'Dorchester . 
848|^ e ib OILrne . . 
829 Xiagara, St. 
Paul's.Mont. 
}l Brockville . . 
851 Beckwith. . . 
836 Markhani, 

Thorold 

-835 Lochiel 



Lochiel, 

^ 56 jCamden. 
* |Orangeville 
851 Innisfil 

834 Zorra 

lSIS Williamst'n 
[ 853 1 Darlington, 

I Queen's Col. 
-84i ( Bytown, 
Hamilton, 
Goderich . .. 

835 Gmffimbmy 
St. Thomas". 

-8-^jAsst. Ottawa 

857 Three Rivers 
819x0011161, 

iL'Orignal .. . 
840 Martintown 

817'c.St. George 

•^44 Picton 

860 Kitlev, 

iMiddleviUe . 
866 p a i s i e T 



REMARKS. 



Died at London 1857 



Xow Minister of. 
Xow Min. of Sleat, 

Scotland. 
Xow Minister of. 

Xow Minister of. 

Xow Minister of. 



Xow Minister of. 
London Pres. 
Xow Minister of. 
Died there 1841. 
Xow Minister of. 

Retired 1863. 
Dismissed 1851. 

Died there 1856. 
Xow Minister of. 
Resigned 1862. 

Seceded 1844. 
Became Min., Oban. 
Sc ot . ,died therel84 7 

Xow Minister of 

Xow Minister of. 
Xow Minister of. 
Seceded 1844. 
Died there 1855. 

Xow Prof. Classics. 



862 Tossorontio. 
853 Dundas, 

Paislev, 

Whitbv 

853 1 Williams..., 
831 Caledon. 



Williams . 



Licentiate ... 

839 Melbourne, 

iRamsay 
864 Douelas .... 



Retired 1866 

Resigned 1842. 
Resigned 1867. 

Xow Minister of. 

Died there 1833. 
Died there 1855. 

Died 1855. 
Seceded 1844. 

Xow Minister of. 
Xow Minister of. 

Xow Minister of. 



Xow Minister of. 
Xow Minister of. 



Seceded 1S44. 
Musquodoibit, X. >, 



Died there 1867. 
Sec. to Ch.of Eng. "6" 



170 

Alphabetical List of Ministers, &c. — Continued. 



NAMES. 



MeMurchy, John 

McNaughton, Alex 

McNaughton, Peter, M.A. 



McNee, Daniel 

McPherson, Thomas, MA. 



McQuarrie, Ales. N., B.A. . . 
Mc Vicar, Peter 



Miller, "William 

Milligan, Archd. H. 
Moffat, John 



Moody, Duncan 

Morrison, Duncan, B.A. 



Morrison, Thomas. 
Mowat, John B., M.A. 



Muir, James B., B.A... 

Muir, James C, D.D. . . 

Mullan, Elias 

Mullan, James B 

Mullan, James S., B.A. 

Munro, Donald 

Murray, John C 



Murray, J. Allister. 
Murray, Robert 



Mylne, Solomon. 
Neill, Robert 



Nicol, Francis. 



Nimmo, James. . 
Niven, Hugh.... 
Paton, Andrew. . 

Paterson, James. 
Penny, Robert . . 
Paul, James T... 



Peden, Robert.. . . 
Porteous, George. 

Porter, Samuel. . . 



Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 



Scot. 
Scot. 



N. S. 

Scot. 



Glas. & Ed. 
Glasgow. . . 
Aberdeen . . 



Edinburgh . 
Aberdeen . . 

Q.C 

Glasgow. . . 



Meldrum, William Scot. 

Merlin, John Irel'< 

Miller, Matthew Scot. 



Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 



Glasgow... 
Glasgow... 



Scot. 
Scot. 



Scot. 
Can... 



Scot., 

Scot., 
Can... 
Can... 
Irel'd 
Scot. 
Scot. 

Scot. 
Scot. 



Irel'd 
Scot. 



Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 

Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 



Purkis, Isaac 

Rannie, John, M.A 

Reid, William, M.A 

Ritchie, William 

Rintoul, David I Scot. 



Scot.. 
Engl. . 

Irel'd 

Engl. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 



Educated. 



Ch. of S. 
Glas. So. 
Glas. So, 



Col Com 
Ch. of S 



Col Com 



Glasgow.... 



Glasgow. 
Q.C 



Edinburgh . . 
Q. C. and Ed 



Edin. & Glas. 

Edinburgh 

Q.C 

Q.C 

Q.C , 

Glas. & Ed 
-lasg. Ed. &, 
Germany. 
Nova Scotia 
Edinburgh.. 



Belfast ... 
Glasgow. . 

Glasgow. . 



Edinburgh. 
Edinburgh. 



Glasgow. . . 



From 



1842 
1833 
1833 



1,-30 
1836 



Bradford, 

Eldon 

Lancaster. 



U.S.U.C 
Ch. of S. 



Col Com 
Col Com 



Col Com 



Col Com 



Q. C 



Aberdeen 
Q.C...... 



Aberdeen . . 



P.ChEn' 
Glas. So, 



Col Com 
Free Ch 



N.Bruns 
U.S. 



Pr. Ch.I 
Glas. So. 

Col Com 

Col Com 
Ch. of S 
Ch. of S 

Col Com 
Col Com 



Sec. Ch 



U.S.U.C 



U.S.U.C 
Col Com 



Edinburgh. 
Glasgow. . . 



Ch. of S, 
Ch. of S, 



1840 
1823 
1833 
* 

1856 
1853 
1858 



1832 
18-31 



1853 
1850 



1863 

1836 
1867 
1862 
1861 
1850 



1858 
1836 



1850 
1840 

1859 

* 
1866 
1857 
1865 

1857 
1846 
1850 

1844 
1860 

1840 

1840 
185' 
1840 
1831 
1841 



Charges 
held. 



Vaughan, 
Dores, Scot., 
Vaughan, 
Pickering. . . 
Hamilton . . . 
Beechridge, 
Lancaster. . . 
Licentiate . . 
Martintown 

Puslinch. . . . 
Hemmingf'd 
Cobourg .... 

Stratford . . . 
Russeltown. 
Laprairie & 
Longueuil . . 

Dundee 

Beckwith, 
Brockville, 
Owen Sound. 
Melbourne . . 
Niagara, 
Queen's Col., 

Lindsay, 

Gait 

Georgetown. 
Richmond . . 
Spencerville 

Clarke 

Finch 

Licentiate . . 



Mt. Forest.. 
Oakville, 
Sup. School 
Prof. Math. 
Smith's Falls 
Seymour. . . . 

London . . , 

Missionary 
Saltfleet . . , 
Asst. St. An. 
Montreal 
Hemmingf'd 
Catechist... 
St. Louis d( 
Gonzague 
Amherstb'rg 
Wolfe Island 



Clarke , 



Osnabruck. 
Chatham . . 
Colborne. . . 
Newmarket. 
St. Catherine 



REMARKS. 



Died there 1866. 
Trans'd to Colonsav, 
Scotland 1842. 



Resigned 1855. 
Resigned 1853. 

Now Minister of. 
Teacher in Quebec. 
NowMin. of Manor, 

Scotland. 
Seceded 1844. 
Died there 1866. 
Drowned 1834. 

Resigned 1862. 
Died 1855. 

Resigned 1860, now 

in Scotland. 
Died there 1855. 



Now Minister of. 
Resigned 1855. 

Now Prof, of Orien- 
tal languages.,Q.C. 

Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Died there 1867. 
Now Prof, of Logic, 
&c, Queen's Col. 
Now Minister of. 
Died at Goderich. 
for U. C. 
Un. Toronto. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 

Now Minister of. 

Now in Demerara. 
Now Minister of. 

Now Asst. Min. of. 
Now Minister of. 
Resigned 1847. 

Retired 1865. 
Seceded 1844. 
Now Minister of. 



Retired 1861. 

Died there 1852. 
Now Minister of. 
Seceded 1844. 
Sec. to Ch.of E.1842 
Resigned 1845. 



171 

Alphabetical List of Ministers, &c. — Continued. 



NAMES. 



Rintoul, William, M.A.. 

Roach, "Walter 

Robb, John 

Robb, John 

Robertson, James 

Robertson, John D 

Roger, John M., M.A. . . 

Rogers James 

Romanes, G-eorge, LL.D 

Rose, Alexander 

Ross, Alexander, M.A. . . 

Ross, Donald , 



Ross, Donald, B.D. . . 
Ross, John Reid, B.A 

Ross, Walter, R 

Ross, Walter, M.A. . . 
Scott, Thomas 



Sieyeright, James, B.A. 



Shand, Alexander. 
Shanks, David 



Sheed, George, M.A. 
Simpson, William. . 
Sinclair, James. 
Sinclair, Donald. . . 



Skinner, John, D.D. 



Scot.. 



Scot. 
Scot., 



Scot.. 
Scot.. 
Can.... 
Scot.. 



Smart, William 

Smellie, George 

Smith, James 

Smith, James C., M.A 

Smith, John 

Smith, John Malcolm, M.A. 



Smith, R. P 

Smith, Thomas G 

Snodgrass, William, D.D. 



Somerville, James 

Spark, Alexander, D.D. 
Spence, Alexander, D.D. 

Spenser, Adam 

Stark, Mark Y, M.A. . . . 
Starke, Wm. D 



Stevenson, Robert. 
Stewart, A.C 



Glasgow. . . 
Edinburgh. 



Q.C.... 



Irel'd. 
Scot.. 



Scot. 
Scot. 



N.S. 



Can . , 
Scot., 
Scot. , 
N.S., 
Irel'd, 



Irel'd. 
Scot., 



Scot. , 
Scot. 
Irel'd, 
Scot. 

Scot. 

Engl. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot., 
Scot., 
Scot. 



Glasgow. . 
Aberdeen , 



Q. C. 



Q.C 

Q.C 

Aberdeen . . , 

C 

Belfast 



Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 



Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 

Scot. 



Educated. 



Glas. So, 
Glas, So, 



U. P. Ch.. 



Edinburgh. 



Glas. So. 
U.S.U.C 
Glas. So. 



Ab. &Q. C. 



Glasgow. 



Aberdeen . . . 
St. Andrews 

Belfast 

Gl. &St.An 



Glasgow. . . 

Gosport 

Edinburgh . 
Edinbtirgh . 

Q. C 

Aberdeen .. 



5 

O o 



Prom 



U.S..., 



182] 



is:;:: 
1845 



1846 



1840 
1834 



Glas. So. 



Col Com 
Col Com 



U.S.U.C 



Ch. of S. 
Col Com 
U.S.U.C 



U. P.Ch. 
U.S.U.C 



Q.C, St. And 
& Princeton 
Glasgow 



Glasgow 

Aberdeen . . , 
Aber. & Ed. 

Glasgow 

Glasgow. . . , 



Ch. of S, 



Ch. of S, 
Col Com 



Col Com 



U.S. 
Col Com 



Relief C 
Ch. of S, 
Col Com 
Col Com 
Glas. So. 
Col Com 



1829 
1859 
1865 

iV 

1857 



Charges 
held. 



Toronto, 
Streetsville.. 
Beauharnois 
Chambly, 
Chatham . . . 
Dalhousie, 
Licentiate . . 
Licentiate . . 
Peterboro . . 

Demorest- 

ville 

Smith's Falls 
Queen's Col.. 



1827 
1840 
1849 
1843 

1853 

1810 
1836 
1832 
1862 
1833 
1850 



Aldboro, 
Woolwich, 

Innisfil 

Yaughan, 
Southwold, 
Dundee .... 
Chatham . . . 
I icentiate. 
Pickering .. 
! ! :^kwith.. . 

icoe, 
Camden, 
Williamsb'g, 
Matilda, 
Plantagenet 
Ormstown, 
Melbourne, 

Chelsea 

Missionary .. 
St. Eustache 
Valcai-tier, 
Cumberland 
Yalcartier . . 
Ancaster . . . 
Lactone .... 
Huntley. . . . 
Cote St. Geo. 

London, 
Waterdown . 
Brockville . . 

Fergus 

Guelph 

Cumberland 
Beckwith... 
Gait, 

Queen's Col.. 
Missionary .. 



1SC2 
1852 



1803 
1784 
1841 
1862 
1833 



Melbourne.. 
St. Paul's, 
Montreal, 
Queen's Col. 
St. Gabriel's 

Quebec 

Ottawa 

Missionary . 

Dundas 

Missionary . 



Glasgow. . . . Col Com 1855 Williams . . . Now a Missionary 
. U.P.Ch Missionary .. Resigned 1859. 



REMARKS. 



Seceded 1844. 
Died there 1849. 

Died there 1858. 
Died there 1851. 
Returned to Scot. 
In Australia. 
Seceded 1844. 



Went to U. S. 

Now in England. 
Retur'd toScot.l8C» 



Died there 1857, 



Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 



Now Ministerof . 
Now Ministerof. 



Now Minister of. 



Now Minister of. 
Resigned 1852. 



Now Minister of. 
Died 1832. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Res. 1846, Now Min. 
of Duror, Scotland. 

Died there 1864. 
Seceded 1S44. 
Seceded 1844. 
Died 1853. 
Now Minister of. 
Died there 1851. 
Died in Scotland 

1856. 
In Quebec Pres. 



Resigned 1866. 



Now Principal of. 
Died in Mont. 183] 
Died there 1819. 
Retired 1867. 
In Toronto Pres. 
Seceded 1844. 
Seceded 1845. 



172 

Alphabetical List of Ministers, &c. — Continued. 



NAMES. 



Stewart, "William 

Stewart, "William 

Story, Robert Herbert 

Stott, David 

Stuart, James 

Stuart, James 

Sym, Frederick, P. . . . 



Tanner, John E 

Tawse, John, M.A. . . 
Taylor, Henry, M.A. 



Taylor, John 

Taylor, William 

Thom, James 

Thomson, G-eorge, M.A 

Thompson, Peter 

Urquhart, Hugh, D.D 

"Walker, Archibald 

Walker, Thomas 

Walker, W. Montgomery. . 

Wallace, Alexander, B.A. . 

Watson, David, M.A , 

Watson, Peter, B.A 

Weir, George, M.A 

Wells John 

Wilkie, Daniel, L.L.D 

Williamson, James, L.L.D 
Wilkins, William T., B.A. 

Wilson, James, M.A 

Wilson, Thomas C... 

White, William 

Whyte, John 

Wightman, Thomas 

Young John 



Scot. 



Scot. 
Scot. 



Scot.. 
Irel'd. 



Scot. 
U. S. 



Switz. 
Scot. . 
Scot. . 



Scot. 
Scot. 

.Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 

Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 
Scot. 



Scot . 

Scot. , 
Scot.. 
N.B.. 

Scot. , 
Scot.. 

Irel'd. 

Scot., 



Scot. 
Scot. 



Educated. 



Glasgow 

Edin.&Glas, 

Edinburgh. . 



Glas. & Q. C. 



Aberdeen . . . 
St. An. & Ed, 



Edinburgh. 



Glas. & Ed. 

Aberdeen . . 
Glasgow. . . 
Aberdeen . . 
Glasgow. . . 
Glasgow. . . 
Glasgow. . . 

Q.c 

Q. C 

Q. C 



Glasgow 



Glasgow. . . . 
Edinburgh. . 
Fred'n&Q.C, 

Aberdeen . . . 
Glasgow.. . . 

Belfast 

Edinburgh. . 



Glasgow. . , 



From 



Ch. of S. 



Col Com 
Ch. of S. 



Col Com 



Col Com 



Glas. So, 
Ch. of S, 



Ch. of S. 



Ch. of S. 

Ch. of S. 
Col Com 
Ch. of S. 
Col Com 
Col Com 
Glas. So. 



Col Com 



Col Com 
Ch. of S. 



U.S.... 

Col Com 



Ch. of S. 
Ch. of S. 



-t-> — 

ft 

1832 Gait 



Charges 
held. 



1860 Hornby 

1859 1 Asst. St. An. 

* I Montreal . . . 
1858|Brantford... 



184 7 



18-32 



mi 

1841 



Markham, 
Wawanosh, 
Woodstock .. 
Missionary .. 

Woodstock, 
Russeltown, 
Beauharnois 
Missionary.. 

King 

Missisquoi, 
Philipsburg. 



1834 Lachine . , 



1807 
1844 

1851 
1858 
1822 
1854 
1865 
1834 

1845 
1853 
1856 



1 861 
1845 



1856 
1830 



1853 
1851 



1844 
1786 



Osnabruck . . 
Three Rivers 
Woolwich. . . 
Renfrew .... 
Missionary .. 
Cornwall . . . 
Belleville... 
Missionary .. 
Huntingdon 

Huntingdon 

Thorah 

Williamst'n 
Licentiate, 
Queen's Col.. 

New Rich- 
mond .... 
Licentiate . . 
Queen's Col.. 
Licentiate . . 



REMARKS. 



Resigned 1835,app'd 

to Demerara. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Roseneath, Scotland 
Now in Scotland. 



Retired 1861. 
Drowned at sea, S.S. 
'Hungarian' 1860 



Now Minister of. 
Resigned 1864. 
Now Minister of. 

Now Minister of 
WestAnstruther.S. 
Died in Scot. 1865. 

Went to U. S. 1819. 

Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Returned to Scot. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Returned to Scot. 
Now Minister of 

Ochiltree, Scot. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of. 

Now Prof, in Morrin 
College. 

Now Minister of. 
Died in Quebec. 
Now Prof. Math. 
Now Minister at 
Woodstock, N.B. 
Now Minister of. 
Now Minister of 
Dunkeld, Scotland 



Lanark 
Perth 

Richmond, 

Kitley 

Brockville, 
Arthur 
Camden . . , 
St. Gabriel, I 

Niagara |Died at Truro, N. 



Now Minister of. 



Now Minister of. 
Seceded 1844. 



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